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.

SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY CONTAINS

• Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase [First Print Run of 2000 copies only]
• 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a restoration of the original film elements by Film Archiv Austria
• LPCM 2.0 audio 
• Original German language intertitles with optional English subtitles 
• Brand new feature length audio commentary with author Stephen Jones and author / critic Kim Newman 
• Brand new video essay by filmmakers David Cairns and Fiona Watson
• Alternate presentation ofThe 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 
• Scene comparisons highlighting some of the differences between the two versions of the film 
• PLUS: A Collector’s Booklet featuring new writing by Philip Kemp, and Tim Lucas