Man with the Transplanted Brain (, ) is a 1972 French-Italian-West German science fiction-drama film written and directed by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze. It is loosely based on a novel by Alain Franck and Victor Vicas.
Plot The head of a neurosurgical clinic, Professor Jean Marcilly, famous brain specialist, condemned by an incurable heart disease, pushes Dr. Robert Degagnac to transplant his brain into the young 23-year-old Franz Eckerman, a former racer and race car tester, victim of a car crash.
Cast Mathieu Carrière as Franz Eckerman Nicoletta Machiavelli as Héléna Marianne Eggerickx as Marianne Marcilly Michel Duchaussoy as Dr. Robert Desagnac Jean-Pierre Aumont as Professor Jean Marcilly Martine Sarcey as Dr. Catherine Ponson Benoît Allemane as Costet Monique Mélinand as Elisabeth Marcilly Christian Duroc as Ferrière Pierre Santini as Dino Andrée Tainsy
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Further reading
Michel Grisolia, Cinéma 72 (166). May 1972. p. 152. Marcel Martin, Écran 72 (7). July 1972. p. 74. Dominique Maillet, La Revue du cinéma (263-264). September 1972. p. 130.
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