The Hands of Orlac (1924) | Directed by Robert Wiene - Full Movie

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.

The Hands of Orlac (German: Orlacs Hände) is a 1924 Austrian silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina and Fritz Kortner. The film was also released as Die Unheimlichen Hände des Doktor Orlac. The film's plot is based on the book Les Mains d'Orlac (1920) written by Maurice Renard.

Wiene had made his name as a director of Expressionist films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), and in The Hands of Orlac combined expressionist motifs with more naturalistic visuals. The film has been remade three times: as Mad Love (1935) directed by Karl Freund, as The Hands of Orlac (1960), a British/French co-production, and as a low-budget American company as Hands of a Stranger (1962) directed by Newt Arnold. The film Body Parts (1991) also drew extensively on Renard's story.

Directed by: Robert Wiene
Written by: Ludwig Nertz (play), Maurice Renard (book)
Produced by: Pan-Film
Starring: Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner, Carmen Cartellieri, Fritz Strassny, Paul Askonas
Cinematography: Günther Krampf,, Hans Androschin
Music by: Pierre Oser
Distributed by: Pan-Film, Berolina-Film, Aywon Film Corporation
Release date: 6 May 1924
Running time: 90 minutes
Country: Austria
Languages: German, English, French