The Hands of Orlac / Orlacs Hände (1924) [Masters of Cinema - Eureka!]

Director: Robert Wiene
Writer: Louis Nerz, Maurice Renard (novel)
Stars: Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Strassny

Reuniting the star and director of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, The Hands of Orlac [Orlac’s Hände] is a deliciously twisted thriller that blends grand guignol thrills with the visual and performance styles of German Expressionism.
Based on a novel by medical-horror novelist Maurice Renard, it charts the mental disintegration of a concert pianist (Conrad Veidt) 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 steady descent towards madness.
The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present The Hands of Orlac for the first time on home video in the UK in a special Blu-ray edition.

Extras:
- 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a restoration of the original film elements by @FILMARCHIV AUSTRIA
- LPCM 2.0 score by Johannes Kalitzke
- Original German language intertitles with optional English subtitles
- Feature length audio commentary with author Stephen Jones and author/critic Kim Newman
- Extremities - Video essay by filmmakers David Cairns & Fiona Watson
- Alternate presentation of The Hands of Orlac (SD, 110 minutes), courtesy of the F.W. Murnau Foundation, a presentation of the film struck from a different print source, featuring alternate takes of certain scenes; includes a musical score by Paul Mercer
- Version comparison featurette




All thanks to the original uploader