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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 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. | + | Famous classical 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 into film several times: | ||
| + | [[Image:Orlac_Paul_Orlacs_Hande.jpg|right|200px]]*''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hands_of_Orlac_(1924_film) Orlacs Hände]'' (1924), aka ''The Hands of Orlac'', a German film which renames him Paul Orlac (Conrad Veidt) | ||
| + | *''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Love_(1935_film) Mad Love]'' (1935), played by Colin Clive | ||
| + | *''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hands_of_Orlac_(1960_film) The Hands of Orlac]'' (1960), played by Mel Ferrer. | ||
| + | *''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_of_a_Stranger Hands of a Stranger]'' (1962), which renames him Vernon Paris (James Stapleton) and is a looser adaptation | ||
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| − | * | + | *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf9PKWJlzzE |
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| − | [[Category:1920| | + | [[Category:1920|Orlac, Stephen]] |
| − | [[Category:Novels| | + | [[Category:Novels|Orlac, Stephen]] |
| − | [[Category:Fictional pianists| | + | [[Category:Fictional classical pianists|Orlac, Stephen]] |
Latest revision as of 21:53, 5 March 2023
Famous classical 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), aka The Hands of Orlac, a German film which renames him Paul Orlac (Conrad Veidt)
- Mad Love (1935), played by Colin Clive
- The Hands of Orlac (1960), played by Mel Ferrer.
- Hands of a Stranger (1962), which renames him Vernon Paris (James Stapleton) and is a looser adaptation
