The Awful Dr. Orlof [Blu-ray]

Overview

Cult director Jesus Franco had his greatest popular success with this horrific variation on George Franju's classic Les Yeux sans Visage. Set in 1912, the film concerns the efforts of mad surgeon Dr. Orloff (Howard Vernon) to reconstruct the face of his disfigured daughter Melissa (Diana Lorys). Helped by a freakish assistant named Morpho (Ricardo Valle), Orlof kidnaps several women including Dany (Maria Silva), a cabaret singer whose forgotten necklace is the clue which leads dedicated Inspector Edgar Tanner (Conrado San Martin) onto Orlof's trail. Using girlfriend Wanda Bronsky (also played by Lorys) as an undercover spy, Tanner lures Orlof into a trap, but the risks are greater than he imagines. Stock performers Perla Cristal, Mara Lasso, Venancio Muro, Felix Dafauce, and Juan Riquelme fill out the cast, while Franco himself appears as a pianist. Several versions exist, differing primarily in the amount of sex and violence depicted. One nude murder scene was later used in Pierre Chevalier's Caroline Mannequin Nue. Franco made the first of several sequels, El Secreto del Dr. Orloff in 1964.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/20/2013
UPC:	0738329118228
Original Release:	1962
Rating:	NR
Source:	Redemption
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:26:00
Sales rank:	22,264

Special Features

Mastered in HD from an archival 35 mm print; French with optional English subtitles; English dubbed; Audio commentary by Tim Lucas, critic and co-editor of Video Watchdog; "The Horror of Orlof," a 16-minute interview with Jess Franco, directed by David Gregory, produced by Elijah Drenner; "The Young Dr. Orlof Chronicles," a 19-minute documentary by Daniel Gouyette on the making of the film; "Jess! What are you doing now?" an 8-minute homage to Jess Franco by Daniel Gouyette, featuring interviews with Franco's friends and collaborators; Photo gallery; Theatrical trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Howard Vernon	Dr. Orloff
Conrado San Martín	Inspector Tanner
Perla Cristal	Arne
Diana Lorys	Wanda Bronsky
Ricardo Valle	Morpho Lodner,Actor
María Silva	Dany
Venancio Muro	Jean Rousseau
Mara Laso	Irma Gold
Félix Dafauce	Inspector
Faustino Cornejo	Jeannot
Félix Defauce	Actor

Technical Credits

Jesus Franco

Jesùs Franco

Jesus Franco	Director,Screenwriter
Leo Lax	Producer
Serge Newman	Producer
Jesùs Franco	Director,Screenwriter
Marius Lesoeur	Producer
Bret Wood	Producer