Top billed cast

1. 

   Conrad Veidt

   Paul Orlac

2. 

   Alexandra Sorina

   Yvonne Orlac

3. 

   Fritz Strassny

   Vater Orlac

4. 

   Paul Askonas

   Diener

5. 

   Carmen Cartellieri

   Regine

6. 

   Hans Homma

   Dr. Serral

7. 

   Fritz Kortner

   Nera

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-06

This is a great amalgam of genres that shows off Conrad Veidt's skills to a tee. He portrays a classical pianist ("Orlac"), renowned throughout the world until he is involved in an horrific train crash and only just survives. His hands, however, do not. His distraught wife "Yvonne" (Alexandra Sorina) implores the doctors to do something, so eventually a pair of hands are grafted onto his arms. It doesn't take "Orlac" long to realise that these new hands have a life of their own, that their previous owner ("Vasseur") was a ruthless killer and that the hands rather enjoyed their previous work! W...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• murder
• pianist
• transplant
• silent film
• torment
• train wreck
• psychological terror
• german expressionism