Clad in a featureless red mask, The Man Without A Face is involved in a single-minded pursuit of the fabled treasure of the Knights Templar in this tribute to the pulp adventure stories of Louis Feuillade.
Direction
Franju's poetic eye turns pulp into art-horror
Costume
That blank red mask is iconic nightmare fuel
Director
Georges Franju
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jacques Champreux, who plays the faceless villain, is actually Franju's nephew and co-writer of the screenplay.
This was Franju's final film, a deliberately old-fashioned swan song to the silent serials that shaped him—he died believing cinema had lost its mystery.
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