The Head (the Nude and the Devil)

1959 directed by Victor Trivas starring Horst Frank, Karin Kernke, Helmut Schmid, Paul Dahlke, Dieter Eppler, Kurt Muller-Graf, Christiane Maybach and Michel Simon. After inventing a serum that keeps a dog’s severed head alive, Dr. Abel makes the mistake of inviting the mysterious Dr. Ood to be his assistant. It isn’t long before Abel’s own, severed head is kept alive, and his disfigured nurse is given a new body. German film dubbed into English. Director Trivas had worked with G.W. Pabst and the set designer, Herman Warm, had fashioned the sets for the famous silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Eerie, electronic music by Willy Mattes and Jacque Lasry. Original German title; Die Nackte und der Satan (the Nude and the Devil).