The Borrowed Face
Directed by Pavel HoblCentral Europe, 1930s: Czech physician Bartos (Vlastimil Brodský) devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration of human tissues after transplantation. His former colleague Rosen (Jiří Vala), now working as an assistant at the private clinic of surgeon Kirchenbruch (Martin Růžek), considers the research a mere utopia. The disappointed Bartos, trying to verify his theories, therefore accepts the outrageous proposal of Marion (Marie Vášová), owner of a brothel - to surgically replace the face of her lover, the wanted thief Cutter (Fred Delmare), with the face of murdered Father Hopsasa (František Filipovský). Bartos is well paid but his successful operation remains a secret.
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The Borrowed Face was released on December 24, 1965.
The Borrowed Face was directed by Pavel Hobl.
The Borrowed Face has a runtime of 85m.
The Borrowed Face was produced by Jan Procházka.
Central Europe, 1930s: Czech physician Bartos (Vlastimil Brodský) devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration of human tissues after transplantation. His former colleague Rosen (Jiří Vala), now working as an assistant at the private clinic of surgeon Kirchenbruch (Martin Růžek), considers the research a mere utopia. The disappointed Bartos, trying to verify his theories, therefore accepts the outrageous proposal of Marion (Marie Vášová), owner of a brothel - to surgically replace the face of her lover, the wanted thief Cutter (Fred Delmare), with the face of murdered Father Hopsasa (František Filipovský). Bartos is well paid but his successful operation remains a secret.
The key characters in The Borrowed Face are Dr. Bartoš (Vlastimil Brodský), Urban Kráječ (Fred Delmare), páter Hopsasa (František Filipovský).
The Borrowed Face is a Comedy, Crime, Science Fiction film.
The Borrowed Face has an audience rating of 6.3 out of 10.