Disfigured in a car crash, Christine Génessier (Edith Scob) is forced to live wearing a mask, but her father Doctor Génessier (Pierre Brasseur) believes that he has the surgical skills necessary to replace her face, all he needs is a young woman whose face he can successfully graft onto his daughter. But as these surgical procedures fail and more women vanish from the streets, the police start investigating the disappearances…

Directed by Georges Franju
Starring Alida Valli; Béatrice Altariba; Edith Scob; Juliette Mayniel; Pierre Brasseur