Overview
Professor Marcilly is a famed brain specialist who, following in-depth and extended research work, is now able to perform brain transplant surgery. One day, he finds himself in the presence of a young car accident victim for whom the only hope of survival would be a brain transplant. Marcilly, who has a heart condition and is terminally ill, decides to become the "donor". The operation is a success. But who is actually the patient discharged from the hospital: a young fellow with the brain of a young man or an old man in the body of a young one?
DirectorJacques Doniol-Valcroze
ProducersMaurizio Lodi-Fè, Henri Michaud, Mag Bodard, Philippe Dussart
WritersJacques Doniol-Valcroze
Top Casts

Mathieu Carrière
Franz Eckerman

Jean-Pierre Aumont
Le professeur Jean Marcilly

Nicoletta Machiavelli
Héléna

Michel Duchaussoy
Le docteur Robert Desagnac

Marianne Eggerickx
Marianne Marcilly

Martine Sarcey
Le docteur Catherine Ponson

Benoît Allemane
Costet

Monique Mélinand
Elisabeth Marcilly
Christian Duroc
Ferrière

Pierre Santini
Dino
Details
LanguageFrench
Production companiesVerona Produzione, Marianne Productions, Mars Produzioni, Paramount-Orion Filmproduktion, Parc Film, UGC Films, Universal Productions France, Bavaria Film