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| − | Famous pianist who is the focus of Maurice Renard's 1920 horror novel ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mains_d%27Orlac Les Mains d'Orlac]'' (''The Hands of | + | Famous pianist who is the focus of Maurice Renard's 1920 horror novel ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mains_d%27Orlac Les Mains d'Orlac]'' (''The Hands of Orlac''). After Orlac loses his hands in a railway accident, he gets transplants from an executed killer. After some mysterious events he begins to fear the hands are making him a killer as well. |
| − | The novel has been adapted | + | The novel has been adapted into film several times: |
*''Orlacs Hände'' (1924), which renames him Paul Orlac | *''Orlacs Hände'' (1924), which renames him Paul Orlac | ||
*''Mad Love'' (1935) | *''Mad Love'' (1935) | ||
*''The Hands of Orlac'' (1960) | *''The Hands of Orlac'' (1960) | ||
*''Hands of a Stranger'' (1962), which renames him Vernon Paris and is a looser adaptation | *''Hands of a Stranger'' (1962), which renames him Vernon Paris and is a looser adaptation | ||
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[[Category:1920|Orloc, Stephen]] | [[Category:1920|Orloc, Stephen]] | ||
[[Category:Novels|Orloc, Stephen]] | [[Category:Novels|Orloc, Stephen]] | ||
[[Category:Fictional pianists|Orloc, Stephen]] | [[Category:Fictional pianists|Orloc, Stephen]] | ||
Revision as of 10:29, 27 February 2019
Famous pianist who is the focus of Maurice Renard's 1920 horror novel Les Mains d'Orlac (The Hands of Orlac). After Orlac loses his hands in a railway accident, he gets transplants from an executed killer. After some mysterious events he begins to fear the hands are making him a killer as well.
The novel has been adapted into film several times:
- Orlacs Hände (1924), which renames him Paul Orlac
- Mad Love (1935)
- The Hands of Orlac (1960)
- Hands of a Stranger (1962), which renames him Vernon Paris and is a looser adaptation
