Orlacs Hände [videorecording] / Kino International ; Transit Film ; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung ; Direction: Robert Wiene ; adapted by Louis Nerz from the novel by Maurice Renard.

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Nerz, Louis (Adapter)
Corporate Authors:	Kino International Corporation, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Transit Film
Other Authors:	Wiene, Robert (Director), Veidt, Conrad, 1893-1943 (Actor), Sorina, Alexandra, 1899-1973 (Actor), Kortner, Fritz (Actor), Renard, Maurice, Mercer, Paul (Musician)
Other title:	Title from container: Hands of Orlac.
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	German English
Published:	New York, New York : Kino on Video [Distributor], 2008.
Series:	German expressionism collection ; [2].
Subjects:	Demoniac possession > Drama. Disfigured persons > Drama. Silent films. Feature films. Horror films. Detective and mystery films. Foreign Films, German. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.