Les têtes interverties

Les têtes interverties, also known as La cravate, The Transposed Heads and The Severed Heads, is a 1957 French short film written and directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Saul Gilbert, and Ruth Michelly. Shot between 1953 and 1957, the film is a mime adaptation of Thomas Mann's 1940 novella The Transposed Heads (Die vertauschten Köpfe). The film stars surreal humorist Raymond Devos as well as Jodorowsky himself.

Les têtes interverties
Directed byAlejandro Jodorowsky
Saul Gilbert
Ruth Michelly
Written byAlejandro Jodorowsky (uncredited)
Saul Gilbert (uncredited)
Ruth Michelly (uncredited)
Based onThe Transposed Heads
by Thomas Mann
Produced bySaul Gilbert
StarringAlejandro Jodorowsky
Raymond Devos
Saul Gilbert
Denise Brosseau
Marthe Mercury
Margot Loyola
François Perrot
Edited bySaul Gilbert
Music byEdgar Bischoff
Release date
  • 1 May 1957 (1957-05-01)
Running time
20m 26s
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
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