Screenplay: Maurice Renard

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Maurice Renard. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Mad Love (The Hands of Orlac)

1935 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Karl Freund

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

Plot 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.

7.0

565 votes

7.0

565 votes

The Hands of Orlac

1924 · Movie · 92 min. · Germany

Direction Robert Wiene

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

Plot 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...

6.8

534 votes

6.8

534 votes

The Hands of Orlac

1960 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Edmond T. Gréville

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

Plot 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...

5.4

182 votes

5.4

182 votes

Roxana's Hands (TV)

2012 · Movie · 94 min. · France

Direction Philippe Setbon

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

Plot 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...

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Hands of a Stranger

1962 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Newt Arnold

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

Plot 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...

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Le péril bleu (TV)

1975 · Movie · min. · France

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