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Mad Love (1935)

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Average Rating: 7.5/10
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Release Date: Jul 12, 1935 Wide

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In his first American film, Peter Lorre portrays egg-bald Dr. Gogol. A brilliant and highly respected surgeon, Gogol would give up everything he has in life for the love of Yvonne Orlac (Frances Drake), star of the Parisian Horror Theatre. But Yvonne is deeply in love with her husband, concert pianist Stephen Orlac (Colin Clive). When Orlac loses his hands in a train accident, Yvonne pleads with Gogol to save her husband. Perversely, he does so by grafting the hands of a recently executed

Unrated, 1 hr. 10 min.

Horror, Romance, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Karl Freund

Written By: Guy Endore, P. J. Wolfson, John L. Balderston

In Theaters: Jul 12, 1935 Wide

On DVD: Sep 30, 1992

MGM

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All Critics (14) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (0) | DVD (2)

This movie is full of creepy imagery and entendre; some of the surgical accoutrement make David Cronenberg look like Steven Spielberg!

June 30, 2010 Full Review Source: Horror.com

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Staci Layne Wilson

Horror.com Source: Horror.com

Wild Peter Lorre horror classic directed by great Karl Freund.

November 3, 2007 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Furthering matters to even more bizarre extremes, Gogol keeps a wax statue of Yvonne in his rooms, along with flesh-eating plants. One weird fellow.

October 5, 2006 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

The last half hour of Mad Love gets more and more strange until it becomes honestly horrifying.

October 5, 2006 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Peter Lorre's auspicious first appearance in a Hollywood-made film.

January 25, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Fascinating, ultra-creepy tale

November 22, 2004 Comment

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

Grim horror film from Karl Freund.

August 21, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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I'm madly in love with this movie and Peter Lorre! It's so beautiful and horrific all at once, very romantic. If you love old horror movies, you must see this one.

September 3, 2010

AJ Verser

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This campy and highly melodramatic horror movie is notable as the American debut of Peter Lorre. This being the second adaptation of the Hands of Orlac story has a lousy title that sounds like a musical comedy which features Renee Zellweger. Fortunately, Mad Love happens to be about a man at loose ends and a mad man

October 29, 2009