Hands of Orlac, The (1924)
Hands of Orlac, The (1924)
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This expressionist horror classic from the director of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was the first version of a story brought to the screen again in 1935 (as Mad Love) and 1961, with countless other variations on the theme. The hands of a brilliant concert pianist (Conrad Veidt) are severed in a train wreck. A surgeon with dubious motives gives the pianist new hands...the hands of a killer! Soon the musician comes to believe he is possessed with the murderous thoughts of the hands' original owner. Silent with music score and English intertitles. Robert Wiene---Austria/Germany---1924---110 mins.

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  | JohnH#1

Despite all the mugging and posturing, I was actually quite taken by the first 90 minutes or so of The Hands of Orlac. I amost got into the spirit of the thing. Then it unraveled, and drifted over from horror film to an implausible mystery. Shame.

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