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Orlacs H�nde (The Hands of Orlac) (1925)

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Release Date: Sep 24, 1924 Wide

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In this classic horror film, based on a novel by Maurice Renard and filmed by Robert Wiene (of Dr. Caligari fame), a world-famous pianist burns his hands in an airplane crash. A mysterious doctor offers to do a transplant and the pianist, his career on the verge of ruin, accepts. After a series of mysterious strangulations occur around him, the pianist beings to suspect the culprit might be his new pair of hands. His search for the donor is impeded as his new appendages slowly drive him insane.

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Horror, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Robert Wiene

In Theaters: Sep 24, 1924 Wide

On DVD: Feb 19, 2008

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Classic of German Expressionism

July 6, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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This original version runs a little slowly by modern standards, but it has one of the great performances by the under-appreciated Conrad Veidt.

September 28, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Mark R. Leeper

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Conrad Veidt is the original innocent with dirty hands in this memorable bit of Germanic arcana.

February 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

Like his more famous The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Robert Wiene's The Hands of Orlac is ponderous but indelible.

February 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Fernando F. Croce

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a lot of fun. veidt's anguished performance here may only be matched by peter lorre's maniacal doctor in the 1935 remake 'mad love'.

August 6, 2008

Stella Dallas

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It's that often told story of a musician who loses his hands and gets a new set transplanted from a murderer. Does the man control the hands, or will the hands lead him on a rampage to express his own guilty desires? This low-budget Austrian production reunites actor Conrad Veidt with director Robert Wiene (The

October 28, 2009