Reuniting the star and director of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Hands of Orlac (Orlacs Hande) is a deliciously twisted thriller that blends grand guignol thrills with the visual and performance styles of German Expressionism. Based on a novel by medical-horror novelist Maurice Renard, it charts the mental disintegration of a concert pianist (Conrad Veidt, The Man Who Laughs) 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 steady descent toward madness. Produced in Vienna, the hotbed of psychoanalysis, The Hands of Orlac is writhing with innuendo and Freudian imagery. This Kino edition was mastered in HD from a 35mm print restored by the F.W. Murnau Foundation, supplemented with additional footage from the Raymond Rohauer Collection.

• 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