Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on October 26, 2015

(1924) Directed by: Robert Wiene; Written by Louis Nerz; Based on the novel Les Mains d’Orlac by Maurice Renard; Starring: Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner, and Carmen Cartellieri; Available on DVD Rating: *** “I feel like it comes from you, along the arms,   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on January 31, 2013

The Hands of Orlac, or Orlacs Hände, is a late expressionist silent film produced by Robert Wiene (of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari fame). This is a weird one, people. A pianist loses his hands and gets a pretty amazing hand transplant. But they’re the hands of a killer! Does...   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on January 31, 2013

The Hands of Orlac, or Orlacs Hände, is a late expressionist silent film produced by Robert Wiene (of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari fame). This is a weird one, people. A pianist loses his hands and gets a pretty amazing hand transplant. But they’re the hands of a killer! Does...   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on October 25, 2012

If you like silent movies, you gotta admire those Germans. And if you’re a fan of the horror genre, you’ve got to raise a toast to those Germans. That style of movie-making known as “German Expressionism,” with it’s peculiar tension between clinical reality and feveris   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on October 25, 2012

If you like silent movies, you gotta admire those Germans. And if you’re a fan of the horror genre, you’ve got to raise a toast to those Germans. That style of movie-making known as “German Expressionism,” with it’s peculiar tension between clinical reality and feveris   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on September 2, 2012

The actress Carmen Cartellieri, was born as Franziska Ottilia Cartellieri in Prossnitz. At the age of 16 she married painter and director Emanuel Ziffer Edler von Teschenbruck. After she met with director Cornelius Hintner, he put her in her first movie role, "Das Zigeunermächen", under the pse   read more