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The Severed Heads (1957)

Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Saul Gilbert, Ruth Michelly

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.

Length 21 minutes

Actors

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 | Solange Morlaive | Maria Irene Fornes | Micheline Beauchemin | Ruth Michelly