The Hands of Orlac
About The Hands of Orlac
Pianist Paul Orlac loses his hands in a railway crash, and a surgeon grafts on the hands of executed murderer Vasseur. Orlac cannot play, finds a knife like Vasseur's, and believes the hands want to kill. His father is stabbed with that knife. A man claiming to be Vasseur, later identified as the con man Nera, demands silence money. The maid tells police that Nera made rubber gloves with Vasseur's fingerprints and used them at the murders.
Cast & crew
More about The Hands of Orlac
Robert Wiene directed Louis Nerz's script from Maurice Renard's novel Les Mains d'Orlac. Conrad Veidt plays Orlac, Alexandra Sorina his wife Yvonne, and Fritz Kortner is billed; Günther Krampf and Hans Androschin photographed it, and Pierre Oser is the composer on Wikidata. The length is 90 minutes, the year 1924, and the countries Austria and Germany.
Themes
Look
Günther Krampf and Hans Androschin photographed the Austrian silent.
Music
Pierre Oser is credited with the music on Wikidata.
Notes
- Wikidata also lists Germany.
- Carmen Cartellieri, Fritz Strassny, and Paul Askonas are on the catalog cast.
- The surgeon tells Orlac that acts come from the head and the heart, not the hands.
Scenes
- Nera shows a scar on his neck and asks for money.
- Rubber gloves explain Vasseur's prints at the murder.
Influenced by
- Maurice Renard's Les Mains d'Orlac
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheHandsOfOrlac1924)
- Wikimedia Commons (Orlacs Hände (1924).webm)
