Just after WW II, a brilliant but demented German plastic surgeon (Anton Diffring) is forced to flee England after a socialite female patient removes her bandages too early and finds her face horribly scarred. In France, the surgeon changes his name to Schuler and continues to practice
clandestinely, using a traveling circus he has acquired as a front. Sexually attracted to disfigured women, Schuler seeks out badly scarred female criminals (thieves, prostitutes, murderers) and fixes their faces, making them his beautiful concubines. In return, the grateful women agree to work in
his circus as aerialists, lion tamers, and equestrienne ballerinas. If they attempt to ...
Released:
1960
Rated:
NR
Length:
88 mins