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Mad Love (also released as The Hands of Orlac) is a 1935 American horror film, an adaptation of Maurice Renard's story The Hands of Orlac. It was directed by German-émigré film maker Karl Freund, and stars Peter Lorre as Dr. Gogol, Frances Drake as Yvonne Orlac and Colin Clive as Stephen Orlac. The plot revolves around Doctor Gogol's obsession with actress Yvonne Orlac. When Stephen Orlac's hands are destroyed in a train accident, Yvonne brings him to Gogol, who claims to be able to repair them. As Gogol becomes obsessed to the point that he will do anything to have Yvonne, Stephen finds that his new hands have made him into an expert knife thrower. Mad Love was Freund's final directorial assignment and Lorre's American film debut. Critics praised Lorre's acting, but the film was unsuccessful at the box office. Film critic Pauline Kael found the film unsatisfactory, but argued that it had influenced Citizen Kane. Cinematographer Gregg Toland was involved in the production of both films. Mad Love's reputation has grown over the years, and it is viewed in a more positive light by modern film critics.
Original Release
07/12/1935
US Release
07/12/1935
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Lorre | Doctor Gogol |
Frances Drake | Yvonne Orlac |
Colin Clive | Stephen Orlac |
Ted Healy | Reagan |
Sara Haden | Marie |
Edward Brophy | Rollo |
Henry Kolker | Prefect Rosset |
Keye Luke | Dr. Wong |
May Beatty | Françoise |
George Davis | Chauffeur |
Directors
Writers
Maurice Renard, Florence Crewe-Jones, Guy Endore, P.J. Wolfson, John L. Balderston, Leon Gordon, Edgar Allan Woolf, Gladys Von Ettinghausen, Leon Wolfson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Lorre | Doctor Gogol |
Frances Drake | Yvonne Orlac |
Colin Clive | Stephen Orlac |
Ted Healy | Reagan |
Sara Haden | Marie |
Edward Brophy | Rollo |
Henry Kolker | Prefect Rosset |
Keye Luke | Dr. Wong |
May Beatty | Françoise |
George Davis | Chauffeur |
Billy Dooley | Undetermined Role |
Harold Huber | Thief |
Isabel Jewell | Marianne |
Leo White | Undetermined Role |
Sam Ash | Detective Arresting Stephen / Detective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited) |
Hooper Atchley | Train Conductor / Train Conductor (Uncredited) |
Agostino Borgato | Stage Doorman |
Maurice Brierre | Taxi Driver / Taxi Driver (Uncredited) |
Mike Cantwell | Man / Man (Uncredited) |
Julie Carter | Nurse / Nurse (Uncredited) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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John W. Considine Jr. | Producer |