The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
120 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert WieneDirector
- Louis NerzScreenplay
Cast
- Conrad VeidtPaul Orlac
- Alexandra SorinaYvonne Orlac
- Fritz StrassnyVater Orlac
- Paul AskonasDiener
- Carmen CartellieriRegine
- Hans HommaDr. Serral
- Fritz KortnerNera
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Themes
murderpianisttransplantsilent filmtormenttrain wreckpsychological terrorgerman expressionism