A deliciously twisted thriller that blends Grand Guignol ecstasies with the German Expressionism. Based on a novel by Maurice Renard, it charts the mental disintegration of a concert pianist named Orlac whose hands are amputated after a train crash, then replaced with the hands of an executed murderer. When Orlac's father is murdered by the dead man's hands, Orlac begins a steady descent toward madness.
