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
Nicoletta Machiavelli
Marianne Eggerickx
Michel Duchaussoy
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Martine Sarcey
Benoît Allemane
Monique Mélinand
Andrée Tainsy
Christian Duroc
Pierre Santini
References
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.