The hands of Orlac / Kino International ; Transit Film ; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung ; Direction: Robert Wiene ; adapted by Louis Nerz from the novel by Maurice Renard.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[United States] : Kino, 2008.
Description1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorWiene, Robert director.
Other author/creatorVeidt, Conrad, 1893-1943 actor.
Other author/creatorSorina, Alexandra, 1899-1973, actor.
Other author/creatorKortner, Fritz, actor.
Other author/creatorNerz, Louis, adapter.
Other author/creatorRenard, Maurice, bibliographic antecedent.
Other author/creatorMercer, Paul musician.
Other author/creatorKino International Corporation.
Other author/creatorFriedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Other author/creatorTransit Film.
Incomplete content Special features : Scene comparison -- About the restoration -- Film notes by John T. Soister -- Gallery of images -- "Mad Love" trailer.
Abstract 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.
General noteFilm 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.
CreditsPhotography : Günther Krampf, Hans Androschin ; music composed and arranged by Paul Mercer ; English translation by Jason Hodges.
Performer Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner.
Audience Rating: Not rated.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageSilent film with musical score and English intertitles.
Genre/formFeature films.

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Compact DVDs PN1995.9.H6 H238 2008 DVD ✔ Available Place Hold