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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?Read moreLess
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?
The story
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?
Cast & crew
Mathieu CarrièreFranz Eckerman
Jean-Pierre AumontLe professeur Jean Marcilly
Nicoletta MachiavelliHéléna
Michel DuchaussoyLe docteur Robert Desagnac
Marianne EggerickxMarianne Marcilly
Martine SarceyLe docteur Catherine Ponson
Benoît AllemaneCostet
Monique MélinandElisabeth Marcilly
Pierre SantiniDino
Andrée TainsyCast
Max VialleCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
- Director of Photography
- Étienne Becker
- Editor
- Nicole Berckmans
- Producer
- Henri Michaud
- Producer
- Maurizio Lodi-Fè
- Producer
- Philippe Dussart
- Producer
- Mag Bodard
- Writer
- Jacques Doniol-Valcroze