The Severed Heads

Nan
0h 21m
1957
6.1 /10 (53)

Overview

A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads.

Country : France
Languages : No Language
Released Date: 1957-03-31

Top Billed Cast

Raymond Devos

Denise Brossot

Rolande Polya

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Saul Gilbert

Jean-Marie Proslier

Margot Loyola

Michel Orphelin

Jean Claude Sergent

François Perrot

Théo Lesoualc'h

Harriet Sohmers

Marcel Dortort

Marthe Mercure

D.R. Balmaceda

Pierre Tassier

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