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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L'étrange château du docteur Lerne (TV)
1983 · Movie · min. · France
Direction Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
Cast Jacques Dufilho · Pierre Clémenti · Dora Doll · Jean-Paul Roussillon
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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
Direction Jean-Christophe Averty
Cast Jean-Roger Caussimon · Bernard Valdeneige · Michel Modo · Erik Colin
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