The Borrowed Face
1965, Czech. Directed by Pavel Hobl.
It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration of human tissues after transplantation. His former colleague Rosen, now working as an assistant at the private clinic of surgeon Kirchenbruch, considers the research a mere utopia. The disappointed Bartos, trying to verify his theories, therefore accepts the outrageous proposal of Marion, owner of a brothel - to surgically replace the face of her lover, the wanted thief Cutter, with the face of murdered Father Hopsasa. Bartos is well paid but his successful operation remains a secret.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Czech
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Cast & crew
- Pavel HoblDirector
- Vlastimil BrodskýDr. Bartoš
- Fred DelmareUrban Kráječ
- František Filipovskýpáter Hopsasa
- Marie VášováMarion
- Martin Růžekprofesor Kirchenbruch
- Nina PopelíkováLuisa Kirchenbruchová
- Jana BrejchováNarcisa Kirchenbruchová
- Jaroslav Marvankomisař
- Jiří ValaDr. Rosen
- Zdenka ProcházkováHelena Rosenová
- Zlatomír Vaceklupič Had
- Karel Effalupič Hmaták
Details
- Released
- 24 December 1965
- Original title
- Ztracená tvář
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Written by
- Josef Nesvadba, Pavel Hobl
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The Borrowed Face runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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The Borrowed Face isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 December 1965. (Checked 2 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Borrowed Face?
If you liked The Borrowed Face, try Relax, I'm from the Future, Real Men, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians.
Who directed The Borrowed Face?
The Borrowed Face (1965) was directed by Pavel Hobl and stars Vlastimil Brodský, Fred Delmare, František Filipovský.