The Severed Heads
1957 · 21 min · ★ 6.1 · Fantasy, Comedy
A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads.
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky · Written by Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Raymond Devos
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Jean-Marie Proslier
François Perrot
