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The Hands of Orlac (1924)
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Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: A classic horror film from Weimar Germany about a master pianist who receives new hands from a mysterious doctor after his hands are crushed in an accident. Whose hands are they? Silent.
Starring: Conrad Veidt, Fritz Kortner, Alexandra Sorina
Starring: Conrad Veidt, Fritz Kortner, Alexandra Sorina
Reviews for The Hands of Orlac
This original version runs a little slowly by modern standards, but it has one of the great performances by the under-appreciated Conrad Veidt.
Like his more famous The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Robert Wiene's The Hands of Orlac is ponderous but indelible.
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