Man with the Transplanted Brain story
Man with the Transplanted Brain (French: L'Homme au cerveau greffé, Italian: L'uomo dal cervello trapiantato) is a 1972 French-Italian-West German science fiction-drama film written and directed by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze. It is loosely based on a novel by Alain Franck and Victor Vicas.
11 total · 6 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| brain transplant | major | A scientist, Professor Jean Marcilly, with a fatal heart condition has his brain transplanted into the body of a vegetative German man, Franz Eckerman. |
| husband and wife | major | The transplanted brain of Marcilly in Eckerman's body and Héléna. The transplanted brain of Marcilly in Eckerman's body visited Marcilly's former wife Elisabeth Marcilly. |
| keeping secrets | major | The transplanted brain of Marcilly in Eckerman's body kept this strange fact secret from Eckerman's wife Héléna. |
| personal identity | major | To what extent was the Marcilly's transplanted brain in the body of Eckerman still Marcilly? |
| romantic love | major | The transplanted brain of Marcilly in Eckerman's body and Héléna. |
| what if I found myself in the body of another person | major | Marcilly's brain experienced life in the body of Eckerman. |
| father and daughter | minor | The transplanted brain of Marcilly in Eckerman's body visited Marcilly's daughter Marianne Marcilly. |
| incestuous relationship | minor | The transplanted brain of Marcilly in Eckerman's body shared a passionate kiss with Marcilly's own daughter Marianne. |
| mother and daughter | minor | Elisabeth Marcilly and Marianne Marcilly. |
| romantic jealousy | minor | Héléna became increasingly jealous after discovering that her husband Franz, who had been transplanted with Marcilly's brain, was surreptitiously meeting Marcilly's young and beautiful daughter. |