The hands of Orlac = Orlacs h©Þnde

Wiene, Robert. (Added Author). Nerz, Louis. (Added Author). Veidt, Conrad, 1893-1943 (Added Author). Sorina, Alexandra, 1899-1973 (Added Author). Kortner, Fritz. (Added Author). Mercer, Paul, 1971- (Added Author). Renard, Maurice 1875-1939 Mains d'Orlac. (Added Author). Transit Film. (Added Author). Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung. (Added Author). Kino International Corporation. (Added Author). Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner. (Cast).

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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Kino International, [2008]
Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container. From the novel "Les mains d'Orlac" by Maurice Renard. Originally released as a motion picture in 1924. Film 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. Special features: New HD transfer from a restored 35mm print; musical score by Paul Mercer; 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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Photographers, Hans Androschin, G©ơnther Krampf ; music, Paul Mercer ; English translator, Jason Hodges.
Participant or Performer Note:	Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD; NTSC.
Language Note:	Silent film with musical score and English intertitles.