On this day in 1924 The Hands of Orlac premiered in Germany. Five years after creating the architecture from which all cinematic horror would be derived with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Robert Wiene returned to the emerging genre to help lay one of the cornerstones. Although not as widely known as his first silent masterpiece The Hands of Orlac would radiate fear and horror purely through the conveyed experience of Orlac without resorting to monsters or scary imagery independent of the actor.
- 9/25/2013
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