The Severed Heads

Name: The Severed Heads
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Released: 1957-03-31
Duration: 21 min
Cast: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jean-Marie Proslier, D.R. Balmaceda, Raymond Devos, Denise Brossot

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Release Date

3/31/1957

Runtime

21 mins

Genres

Fantasy Comedy

Overview

A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads. Lost for nearly 50 years, the movie was found in 2006 by the son of Ruth Michelly and Saul Gilbert when he found it in his mom's attic in Munich.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

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A delightfully strange mime piece about a Parisian street urchin hawking severed heads, a darkly comic fairy tale rendered entirely through physical comedy and silent performance. It's the kind of surreal, theatrical oddity that feels both timeless and utterly of its era.