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The Hands of Orlac

6.9(120)19241h 38m2

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer.

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  • murder
  • pianist
  • transplant
  • silent film
  • torment
  • train wreck
  • psychological terror
  • german expressionism

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Director

Robert Wiene

Writers

Louis Nerz

Produced in

Austria

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR4 Jun 1928
  • GermanyDE

    • TheatricalBerlin24 Sept 1924

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The Hands of Orlac was released on 24 September 1924.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/6/2022

    7/10

    This is a great amalgam of genres that shows off Conrad Veidt's skills to a tee. He portrays a classical pianist ("Orlac"), renowned throughout the world until he is involved in an horrific train crash and only just survives. His hands, however, do not. His distraught wife "Yvonne" (Alexandra Sorina) implores the doctors to do something, so eventually a pair of hands are grafted onto his arms. It doesn't take "Orlac"…

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