Description |
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
plastic rdamat http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAMaterial/1029 |
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4 3/4 in. |
Description |
digital rdatr http://rdaregistry.info/termList/typeRec/1002 |
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laser optical, NTSC |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Motion picture |
Series |
German expressionism collection |
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German expressionism collection.
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System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC. |
Cast |
Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Strassny, Paul Askonas, Carmen Cartellieri, Hans Homma, Fritz Kortner. |
Credits |
Photography, Günther Krampf, Hans Androschin ; set design, Stefan Wessely ; new music, Paul Mercer ; English translator, Jason Hodges. |
Note |
From the novel "Les mains d'Orlac" by Maurice Renard. |
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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. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
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. |
Note |
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. |
Contents |
Special features : Scene comparison -- About the restoration -- Film notes by John T. Soister -- Gallery of images -- "Mad Love" trailer. |
Language |
Silent film with musical score and English intertitles. |
Subject |
Pianists -- Austria -- Drama.
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Disfigured persons -- Drama.
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Hand -- Transplantation -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Disfigured persons. (OCoLC)fst00895218
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Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
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Pianists. (OCoLC)fst01063351
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Austria. (OCoLC)fst01204901
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Pianists -- Drama.
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Hand -- Drama.
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Homicide -- Drama.
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Demoniac possession -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Feature films.
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Horror films.
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Horror -- Feature.
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Adaptation -- Feature.
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Foreign films -- Austria.
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Motion pictures, German.
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Horror -- Feature.
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Adaptation -- Feature.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Horror films. (OCoLC)fst01710373
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Silent films. (OCoLC)fst01710368
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Horror films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Silent films.
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Feature films.
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Added Author |
Wiene, Robert, director.
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Nerz, Louis, screenwriter.
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Krampf, Günther, cinematographer.
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Androschin, Hans, 1892-1976, cinematographer.
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Wessely, Stefan, set designer.
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Mercer, Paul, 1971- composer.
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Veidt, Conrad, 1893-1943, actor.
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Sorina, Alexandra, 1899-1973, actor.
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Strassny, Fritz, 1868- actor.
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Askonas, Paul, 1872-1935, actor.
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Cartellieri, Carmen, 1891-1953, actor.
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Homma, Hans, 1874-1943, actor.
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Kortner, Fritz, actor.
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Renard, Maurice, 1875-1939.
Mains d'Orlac.
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Transit Film.
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Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
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Kino International Corporation.
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Note |
Title on spine of container: Robert Wiene's The hands of Orlac |
Standard No. |
738329057022 |
Music No. |
K570 Kino International |
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