Orlac's Hände (A 1924)
live-score: Conny Bauer
silent film (German title cards)
Sa 9/11 | 8pm | former silent film theatre
tickets: € 15/12,50
Austria 1924 - 92 Minutes - director: Robert Wiene - script: Ludwig Nerz - camera: Günther Krampf, Hans Androschin - with: Conradt Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner, Carmen Cartellieri, Fritz Strassny, Paul Askonas
The widely forgotten follow-up to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, again with Conradt Veidt in a leading role deals with a particular genre of the horror film, which was to go on to become very popular, namely the "autonomous body part" (Z. Zizek): The talented piano player Paul Orlac loses both his hands in an accident. After a successful transplant of the two hands of an executed murderer Orlac becomes haunted by delusional vision. His hands seem to develop a life of their own: Orlac turns into a murderer.
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