The Hands of Orlac

  • Horror
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
9/24/1924
98
NR

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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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  • Geronimo1967

    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" long to realise that these new hands have a life of their own, that their previous owner ("Vasseur") was a ruthless killer and that the hands rather enjoyed their previous work! When his father is found dead - all the fingerprints point to his errant hands, and together with the sceptical police they must get to the bottom of t...

    June 6, 2022

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