The Machine
Brief Synopsis
Disastrous consequences ensue when a nerve doctor creates a machine that can switch minds from one body to another.
Cast & Crew
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François Dupeyron
Director
Gerard Depardieu
Marc
Nathalie Baye
Marie
Didier Bourdon
Zyto
Natalia Wörner
Marianne
Erwan Baynaud
Leonard
Film Details
Also Known As
Machine, La
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
1996
Production Company
Centre National Du Cinema; France 2 Cinéma; German Federal Film Board; Le Studio Canal Plus; M6 Films; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures Gmbh; StudioCanal
Distribution Company
Gaga Communications (Parent); Independent Productions; Pan Europeenne; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; Polygram Video; Sogepaq S.A.
Location
Paris, France; Babelsberg Studios, Berlin, Germany
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 36m
Synopsis
Disastrous consequences ensue when a nerve doctor creates a machine that can switch minds from one body to another.
Director
François Dupeyron
Director
Cast
Gerard Depardieu
Marc
Nathalie Baye
Marie
Didier Bourdon
Zyto
Natalia Wörner
Marianne
Erwan Baynaud
Leonard
Didier Flamand
Martial
Patty Hannock
Marie Therese
Christian Ruche
Cedric
Christian Pereira
Fabricant
Crew
Francis Barrois
Location Manager
Christophe Beaucarne
1st Assistant Camera
Rene Belletto
Source Material (From Novel)
Pascale Beraud
Extras Casting
Jeanne Biras
Casting
Noelle Boisson
Editor
Elizabeth Boorn
Other
Patrick Bordier
Production Manager
Bernard Bouix
Co-Executive Producer (France)
Eric Boutin
Other
Cedric Chami
Chief Hair Stylist
Bernard Chaumeil
Boom Operator
Laurent Chiomento
Location Manager
Pierre Choumeurthe
Other
Rene Cleitman
Producer
Carlos Conti
Production Designer
Cecile Cotte
Dialogue Coach
Nicolas Davy
Other
Frederic Dubois
Assistant Location Manager
François Dupeyron
Screenwriter
Segolene Fleury
Production Coordinator
Remy Fourneron
2nd Assistant Camera
Pierre Gamet
Sound Mixer
Francois Goize
2nd Assistant Director
Leonardo Haertling
2nd Assistant Art Director
Cathy Joube
1st Assistant Director
Benedicte Kermadec
Other
Marc Koninckx
Camera Operator
Gilles Laboulandine
Chief Construction
Phillippe Lacomblez
Assistant Art Director
Gerard Lamps
Sound
Marcel Laude
Set Props
Anne Le Campion
Sound Department
Dietrich Lohmann
Director Of Photography
Frederic Moreau
Special Digital Effects; Special Optical Effects
David Morel De St Jean
2nd Assistant Art Director
Agatra Moro
Chief Hair Stylist
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen
Chief Makeup
Gil Noir
Costumer
Jean-pierre Nossereau
Location Props
Alain Pitrel
Property Master
Michel Portal
Music
+lisabeth Tavernier
Costume Designer
Vincent Trintignant
Other
Ingrid Windisch
Co-Executive Producer (Germany)
Sylvie Zajdner
Other
Khadija Zeggaï
Costumer
Film Details
Also Known As
Machine, La
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
1996
Production Company
Centre National Du Cinema; France 2 Cinéma; German Federal Film Board; Le Studio Canal Plus; M6 Films; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures Gmbh; StudioCanal
Distribution Company
Gaga Communications (Parent); Independent Productions; Pan Europeenne; Polygram Filmed Entertainment; Polygram Video; Sogepaq S.A.
Location
Paris, France; Babelsberg Studios, Berlin, Germany
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 36m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video December 17, 1996
Began shooting January 3, 1994.
Completed shooting March 25, 1994.
Released in United States on Video December 17, 1996
