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The hands of Orlac / Transit Film GmbH ; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung ; direction, Robert Wiene ; adapted by Louis Nerz.
LIBRA DVD 010 844
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- German expressionism collection
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Renard, Maurice, 1875-1939--Film adaptations.
- Renard, Maurice.
- Renard, Maurice, 1875-1939.
- Pianists--Drama.
- Pianists.
- Disfigured persons--Drama.
- Disfigured persons.
- Hand--Drama.
- Hand.
- Murder--Drama.
- Murder.
- Demoniac possession.
- Demoniac possession--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Silent films.
- Motion pictures, Austrian.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Horror films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (110 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Original German title: Orlacs hände
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Kino International, [2008]
- Language Note:
- Silent film with musical score and English intertitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Charts the mental disintegration of a concert pianist whose hands are amputated after a train crash, and replaced with the hands of an executed murderer. When Orlac's father is murdered by the dead man's hands, Orlac begins a descent toward madness.
- Participant:
- Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner.
- Credits:
- Photographers, Hans Androschin, Günther Krampf ; music, Paul Mercer ; English translator, Jason Hodges.
- Notes:
- From the novel "Les mains d'Orlac" by Maurice Renard.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1924.
- Film restored in 1995 by Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin, the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, and the Deutsches Filminstitut, with the cooperation of Jugoslovenska Kinoteka, Belgrad. Video restoration in 2008 by Bret Wood, Kino International Corp.
- Special features: New HD transfer from a restored 35mm print; musical score by Paul Mercer; scene comparisons of domestic and international cuts of the film; excerpts of Maurice Renard's novel; essay by John Soister, author of the book "Conrad Veidt on screen"; trailer of "Mad love," the 1935 remake starring Peter Lorre; image gallery.
- OCLC:
- 192075554
- Publisher Number:
- 738329057022
- K570 Kino International
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