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Orlacs Hände (1924)
Country of Origin: Germany / Austria
Year of Production: 1924
Running Times: 92 mins
Length: 8 reels / 2212 ft (at 16 fps)
Format: black and white 35mm
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Pan-Film
Production Manager: Karl Ehrlich
SCRIPT
Script: Louis Nerz
Novel: Maurice Renard
DIRECTION
Director: Robert Wiene
PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Hans Androschin, Günther Krampf
MUSIC
Music: Henning Lohner (1998)
Arranger: Lorne Balfe (1998)
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Directors: Stefan Wessely, Hans Rouc, Karl Exner
CAST
Conrad Veidt (Orlac)
Alexandra Sorina (Yvonne Orlac)
Carmen Cartellieri (Regine)
Fritz Kortner (Nera)
Paul Askonas (Diener)
Fritz Strassny (Vater Orlac)
Homma
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributors: Cinegate (1979)
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Aywon Film Corporation
Video Distributors: LS Video
DVD Distributors: Grapevine Video
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
UK
Rating: A (1979)
TIMELINE
1924
September
24: Germany - theatrical release
1925
May
6: Austria - theatrical release
1926
October
24: UK - shown at The Film Society, London
1928
June
4: USA - theatrical release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Hands of Orlac - US title
Les mains d'Orlac - French title
Las manos de Orlac - Spanish title
Die Unheimlichen Hände des Doktor Orlac - German
title
LINKS
REMAKES
Mad Love (1935)
The Hands of Orlac (1961)
Body Parts (1991)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
The Bioscope vol.78 no.1173 (27 March 1929) p.39 (UK)
review
film dienst vol.54 no.1 (2 January 2001) p.33 (Germany)
review (by Josef Nagel)
Filmkunst no.86 (March 1980) p.15 (West Germany)
review
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.46 no.546 (July 1979) pp.159-160
(UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by Jill Forbes)
The New York Times 5 June 1928 (USA)
review
Silent Film Monthly vol.4 no.3 (March 1996) p.13 (USA)
article (Silent Video Review by John DeBartolo)
Variety 20 June 1928 (USA)
credits, review
OTHER SOURCES
Film Society History (1938) (UK)
note
KEYWORDS
book into film, dismemberment, expressionism
Last Updated:
19 October, 2008
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