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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.
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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:
 
The novel has been adapted into film several times:
*''Orlacs Hände'' (1924), which renames him Paul Orlac
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*''[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)
*''Mad Love'' (1935)
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*''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Love_(1935_film) Mad Love]'' (1935), played by Colin Clive
*''The Hands of Orlac'' (1960)
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*''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hands_of_Orlac_(1960_film) The Hands of Orlac]'' (1960), played by Mel Ferrer.
*''Hands of a Stranger'' (1962), which renames him Vernon Paris and is a looser adaptation
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*''[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
  
[[Category:1920|Orloc, Stephen]]
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==External Links==
[[Category:Novels|Orloc, Stephen]]
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*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf9PKWJlzzE
[[Category:Fictional pianists|Orloc, Stephen]]
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Revision as of 05:27, 23 April 2019

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

External Links