Screenplay: Maurice Renard

Direction Karl Freund

Cast Peter Lorre · Frances Drake · Colin Clive · Ted Healy

Synopsis An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist's hands with the hands of a knife murderer which still have the urge to throw knives.

Direction Robert Wiene

Cast Conrad Veidt · Alexandra Sorina · Fritz Kortner · Carmen Cartellieri

Synopsis After a terrible accident, famous pianist Orlac receives the hands of an executed murderer. The operation is a success, yet Orlac starts to feel his new hands have desires of...

Direction Edmond T. Gréville

Cast Mel Ferrer · Christopher Lee · Dany Carrel · Lucile Saint-Simon

Synopsis A pianist has a transplant operation that gives him a new pair of hands. Unfortunately, the hands belonged to a murderer, and he finds the hands starting to take over...

Direction Philippe Setbon

Cast Sylvie Testud · Loup-Denis Elion · Micky Sébastian · Sylvie Granotier

Synopsis Roxana Orlac, a famous violinist, loses the use of her hands in a terrible lift accident. Her career as a virtuoso seems to be over until Professor Christansen offers her...

Direction Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe

Cast Jacques Dufilho · Pierre Clémenti · Dora Doll · Jean-Paul Roussillon

Direction Newt Arnold

Cast Paul Lukather · Joan Harvey · James Noah · Michael Rye

Synopsis A surgeon must graft new hands on a concert pianist to replace his badly mangled ones. However, after the operation, the pianist comes to believe that his new hands have...

Direction Jean-Christophe Averty

Cast Jean-Roger Caussimon · Bernard Valdeneige · Michel Modo · Erik Colin