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The hands of Orlac : Orlacs hände / Transit Film GmbH ; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung ; directed by Robert Wiene ; screenplay by Louis Nerz.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- German expressionism collection
- Lubitsch in Berlin
- Silent film online
- Language:
- English
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Renard, Maurice, 1875-1939--Film adaptations.
- Renard, Maurice.
- Renard, Maurice, 1875-1939.
- Demoniac possession--Drama.
- Demoniac possession.
- Disfigured persons--Drama.
- Disfigured persons.
- Hand--Drama.
- Hand.
- Murder--Drama.
- Murder.
- Pianists.
- Austria.
- Pianists--Austria--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Silent films.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (100 min.) : sound, black and white.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Conrad Veidt in Robert Wiene's The hands of Orlac
- Robert Wiene's The hands of Orlac
- Orlacs hände
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Kino International, 1924.
- Language Note:
- Silent film with English intertitles and musical background.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- 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.
- Notes:
- From the novel "Les mains d'Orlac" by Maurice Renard.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1924.
- Title from original container.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (Silent film). Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- K465
- K570
- 738329057022
- OCLC:
- 827293665
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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