The Hands of Orlac
1924 · 98 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 3,644 VOTES · DIR. Robert Wiene
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 156 lines
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00:00:03 The Hands of Orlac
00:10:50 and 8 minutes later the car will bring the body to the clinic.
00:15:13 Save his hands ...
00:21:11 There ... his head ... doesn't he see my hands?
00:24:29 nature and a strong will can do anything.
00:28:05 The hands of the executed murderer Vasseur.
00:40:22 Do you have the paper for January 15?
00:42:49 The evidence was so clear that he received the death penalty.
00:51:12 Don't come any closer to me!
01:00:20 I know it ... You demand blood ... Crimes ... Murder ...
01:03:08 he can help ... if he will ...
01:07:55 He is your son ... your flesh and blood ... will you let us be ground in to the earth ...
01:12:45 After one day and one night
01:22:10 Your sister is very ill ... come right away
01:27:48 Money? Money?
01:29:55 his assistant made off with my head.
01:31:27 And who has those fingers now - you, Paul Orlac!
01:33:01 Perhaps you did not do the murder - but you cannot deny ....
01:38:12 They will believe you - as I believe you.
01:41:03 He was then executed ... I have seen with my own eyes the work of the guillotine on a neck.
01:45:12 Haven't you considered, that the murderer has Vasseur's hands ... I don't have those hands.
01:47:45 Nera was Vasseur's friend ...
01:49:49 If Vasseur was not guilty ... then my hands are pure ...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed156
Dialogue density1.6 lines / min
First line00:00:03
Final line01:49:49
Production Record
DirectorRobert Wiene
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes3,644