Head Against the Wall

Head Against the Wall
1959Drama95 mins
★★★★★

Plot

An aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure him of his delinquent tendencies.

  • Georges Franju

    Director

  • Hervé Bazin

    Writer

  • Jean-Pierre Mocky

    Adaptation

  • Georges Franju

    Adaptation

  • Eugen Schüfftan

    Director of Photography

  • Suzanne Sandberg

    Editor

  • Jean-Pierre Mocky

    François Gérane

  • Pierre Brasseur

    Dr. Varmont

  • Paul Meurisse

    Dr. Emery

  • Charles Aznavour

    Heurtevent

  • Anouk Aimée

    Stéphanie

  • Jean Galland

    Maître Gérane

  • Jean Ozenne

    Comte Elzéar de Chambrelle

  • Thomy Bourdelle

    Colonel Donnadieu

  • Rudy Lenoir

    The hidden man

  • Roger Legris

    Decauville, the driver

  • Henri San Juan

    The pool owner

  • Édith Scob

    The singing mad

  • Max Montavon

  • Luis Masson

  • Balpo

  • Paul Demange

  • René Alié

  • Luc Andrieux

    a nurse

  • Doudou Babet

    The black man

  • Claude Badolle

  • Claude Castaing

  • Jean Henry

  • Pierre Koplitchev

  • Jean Labarrère

  • Jacques Mancier

    the man with a gun

  • Claude Mansard

  • Raoul Marco

  • Diego Masson

  • Pierre Mirat

    a keeper

  • Véronique Nordey

  • Henri Poirier

    the priest

  • Alexandre Randall

  • Jean Rougerie

  • Jacques Seiler

    a nurse

  • André Thorent

  • Lucien Camiret

  • Sophie Poncin

  • Sophie Saint-Just

  • Monique Ardoin

  • Georges Pally

    • Runtime

    95 minutes

    Released

    1959-03-20

    Languages

    Français

    Countries

    France

    Sound

  • Maurice Jarre

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    25 days ago

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