Head Against the Wall (1959)
1h 35m
Running Time
March 20, 1959
Release Date
Head Against the Wall (1959)
1h 35m
Running Time
March 20, 1959
Release Date
Plot.
An aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure him of his delinquent tendencies.
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Cast & Crew.
Jean-Pierre Mocky
François Gérane / Adaptation
Pierre Brasseur
Dr. Varmont
Paul Meurisse
Dr. Emery
Charles Aznavour
Heurtevent
Anouk Aimée
Stéphanie
Jean Galland
Maître Gérane
Jean Ozenne
Count 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
Internee in the refectory
Jean-Charles Pichon
Writer
Luc Andrieux
Nurse
Doudou Babet
The black man
Jacques Mancier
Man with a gun
Pierre Mirat
Keeper
Henri Poirier
Priest
Jacques Seiler
Nurse
Alice Guerpillon
Swimmer
Luis Masson
Intern (uncredited)
Balpo
(uncredited)
Paul Demange
(uncredited)
Lucien Camiret
(uncredited)
Sophie Poncin
(uncredited)
Sophie Saint-Just
(uncredited)
Monique Ardoin
(uncredited)
Georges Pally
(uncredited)
Hervé Bazin
Writer
Georges Franju
Director / Adaptation
Claude Zidi
Assistant Director of Photography
Jérôme Goulven
Producer
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Suzanne Sandberg
Editor
Eugen Schüfftan
Director of Photography
Louis Le Barbenchon
Production Design
André Thorent
Véronique Nordey
Alexandre Randall
Pierre Koplitchev
Jean Labarrère
Raoul Marco
René Alié
Claude Badolle
Claude Castaing
Claude Mansard
Jean Rougerie
Diego Masson
Jean Henry
Media.
Details.
Release Date
March 20, 1959
Original Name
La Tête contre les murs
Status
Released
Running Time
1h 35m
Filming Locations
Paris,
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
Head Against the Wall (French: La Tête contre les murs), also titled The Keepers, is a 1959 French drama film directed by Georges Franju starring Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Anouk Aimée, and Charles Aznavour. It was director Franju's debut feature film. The story follows an aimless young man who is institutionalized for defying his wealthy father, and in the process airs several questions about how society defines and treats mental illness.
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