Orlacs Hände 1924 - Director: Robert Wiene

Conrad Veidt, Fritz Kortner, Alexandra Sorina 

The tale follows recently-retired concert pianist Paul Orlac (Veidt), who is returning home in triumph to his wife Yvonne (Alexandra Sorina). But an accident on the train destroys Orlac’s hands, and a desperate Yvonne calls on Dr. Serral (Hans Homma) to do something, anything. Serral complies with an experimental procedure that gives Orlac the hands of Vasseur, who has just been guillotined for murder. Orlac’s recovery, while seemingly total, doesn’t go as planned; his hands refuse to play the piano, but instead seem to be bent on homicide and controlling Paul’s will. When Paul’s father (Fritz Strassny) is murdered with Vasseur’s knife, Orlac’s mind begins to go over the edge, and he is haunted by a cloaked figure that just might be Vasseur, come to reclaim his hands.

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