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The Hands of Orlac (German: Orlacs Hände) is a 1924 Austrian silent film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina and Fritz Kortner.
Les Mains d'Orlac (English: The Hands of Orlac) is a French fantasy/horror novel written by Maurice Renard, first published in 1920. It is an early example of the body horror theme in fiction.
- Maurice Renard
- 1920
A silent horror film about a pianist who receives the hands of a murderer in a transplant. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, and alternative versions of the film.
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- Crime, Horror, Mystery
- Robert Wiene
- 1928-06-04
Oct 14, 2011 · The story: his hands are all-important to concert pianist Paul Orlac, and they are damaged beyond repair in a terrible train crash. His surgeon is able to transplant new hands from a freshly executed killer.
The pianist Paul Orlac is on tour and his wife Yvonne Orlac anxiously waits for his return. While traveling back home, there is a train wreck at Montgeron and Orlac is very injured in both hands in the accident. Yvonne begs to Dr. Serral to save his hands which are his life.
The Hands of Orlac: Directed by Edmond T. Gréville. With Mel Ferrer, Christopher Lee, Dany Carrel, Lucile Saint-Simon. A pianist who loses his hands in a plane crash receives the transplanted hands of an executed criminal but his new hands have the murderous tendencies of their previous owner.
The Hands of Orlac (a.k.a. Hands of the Strangler) is a 1960 British-French horror film directed by Edmond T. Gréville, starring Mel Ferrer, Christopher Lee, and Dany Carrel, and based on the novel Les Mains d'Orlac by Maurice Renard.
