Director: Robert Wiene
Country: Austria
Award: none
Movement: German Expressionism
he Hands of Orlac is a 1924 Austrian horror silent film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina and Fritz Kortner. It is based on the novel Les Mains d'Orlac by Maurice Renard. The Hands of Orlac was based on Maurice Renard's novel Les Mains d'Orlac which had been translated into German by Norbert Jacques in 1922. The Hands of Orlac was produced by the Austrian Pan-Film company in association with the German distribution company Berolina Film[a] and shot at the studios of Listo Film in Vienna. The sets were constructed by the film architects and set builders Stefan Wessely, Hans Rouc, and Karl Exner. Film historian Lotte Eisner said the film was part of the German expressionist cinema movement, while critic Tony Rayns argued it did not belong in that category. Rayns wrote in Sight & Sound that the film belonged closer to the wave of pulp-thrillers such as those by Louis Feuillade or Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse films.
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