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HorreurAnnée1935Durée1h 8mIMDb7.2

Les mains d'Orlac

HorreurRomanceScience-Fiction

In Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert-pianist husband's mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer with a gift for knife-throwing.

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Bande-annonce

Casting

Karl Freund

Director

Peter Lorre

Doctor Gogol

Frances Drake

Yvonne Orlac

Colin Clive

Stephen Orlac

Ted Healy

Reagan

Sara Haden

Marie

Edward Brophy

Rollo

Henry Kolker

Prefect Rosset

Keye Luke

Dr. Wong

May Beatty

Françoise - Gogol's Housekeeper

George Davis

Chauffeur

Billy Dooley

Undetermined Role

Harold Huber

Thief

Isabel Jewell

Marianne

Leo White

Undetermined Role

Sam Ash

Detective Arresting Stephen

Hooper Atchley

Train Conductor

Agostino Borgato

Stage Doorman

Maurice Brierre

Taxi Driver

MR

Maurice Renard

Writer

FC

Florence Crewe-Jones

Writer

GE

Guy Endore

Writer

PW

P.J. Wolfson

Writer

John L. Balderston

Writer

LG

Leon Gordon

Writer

GV

Gladys Von Ettinghausen

Writer

LW

Leon Wolfson

Writer

Edgar Allan Woolf

Writer

Commentaires

7 commentaires

mrsadduMay 29, 2023

source: Mad Love

April MofoloNov 18, 2022

ApurvaKhobragadeNov 16, 2022

Mad Love

Elysee KissNov 16, 2022

I really enjoyed "Mad Love," it moves well and is a lot of fun to watch. It's certainly the most substantial role I've seen Colin Clive in other than his immortal portrayals of Dr. Frankenstein. Peter Lorre was such a great actor, he does scene after scene as the creepy Dr. Gogol with such natural ease, it doesn't seem like he's acting at all. Yet Dr. Gogol comes across as more pathetic than evil, which is crucial to this film, which has a very simple plot and a predictable ending. Peter Lorre is great to watch! Even the most simple, corny line spoken by him rings with meaning and truthfulness, Lorre really knew how to play for/to the camera. This movie is only a little over an hour, highly recommended if you're going to do a double feature, and you're looking for a short feature as an appetizer.

wofai fadaNov 16, 2022

This adaptation of Renard's The Hands of Orlac is quite good, yet a bit on the stagy side. It is one of Peter Lorre's early films and his first for Hollywood. Lorre is quite good, and almost sympathetic in a way, as a surgeon who has hopelessly fallen in love with the wife of a great pianist. Colin Clive of Frankenstein fame plays the musician, and Frances Drake plays his rather annoying, overacting wife. The visuals of the film are first-rate, as it was directed by great cameraman Karl Freund. Ted Healy adds some unnecessary comic relief. What I liked best about the film was the staging of the story against some beautiful expressionistic sets and Freunds expressive camerawork.

مصراتي ✌🏻💪🏻🇱🇾Nov 16, 2022

Peter Lorre's bald, creepy looks as "Dr. Gogol" are memorable in this film. The story is fairly interesting with a few twists, although a bit far-fetched and a little corny in spots. Then again, it is 70 years old. The black-and-white cinematography is very good in parts. I really liked the closeups on Lorre and the shadows in the hallway. Frances Drake is a pretty woman except for those weird eyebrows, the style of the day, unfortunately. I saw this on a fair-to-poor quality tape. I imagine this looks pretty good on DVD and I'd like to see it again now that it's out on that format.

Mohamed Reda Nov 16, 2022

The inimitable Peter Lorre plays Dr. Gogol, an incredibly gifted surgeon. He has a weakness, however. He has fallen for an actress whose being rules his life. When she tells him she is married he is crestfallen. Her husband is a renowned classical pianist. He is injured in a train wreck, his hands crushed. Lorre works to cure him, but until he transplants the hands of a murderer, a knife thrower, the man cannot be whole. Of course, he now has the hands of a murderer and they want to kill, using knives. He thinks he will get the girl, but he disgusts her. Her rejection sends him over the edge. Great vehicle for the wonderful Lorre as he expresses madness and pain. Very well done horror tale.

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