Mad Love (1935)
Mad Love (1935)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Ian Wolfe
Henry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather (Uncredited)
Edward Lippy
Pierre, Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)
George Davis
Chauffeur
Frank Darien
Lavin, Waxwork Proprietor (Uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
Charles, Theatre Official (Uncredited)
Rollo Lloyd
Varsac, Fingerprint Expert (Uncredited)
Guy Endore
Writer
Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Marbeau (Uncredited)
Nell Craig
Suzanne (Uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane
Raoul (Uncredited)
Agostino Borgato
Stage Doorman (Uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
Autograph Seeker on Train (Uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
Train Conductor (Uncredited)
Maurice Brierre
Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Julie Carter
Nurse (Uncredited)
Harvey Clark
Station Master (Uncredited)
Michael Mark
Execution Official (Uncredited)
Alphonse Ethier
Assistant Prefect (Uncredited)
Matty Roubert
Newsboy (Uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
Blind Man (Uncredited)
Cora Sue Collins
Crippled Girl (Uncredited)
Sarah Padden
Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited)
Mike Cantwell
Man (Uncredited)
Bernard Siegel
Man (Uncredited)
Kay English
Woman (Uncredited)
Edward Norris
Man Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)
Mary Jo Mathews
Woman Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)
Russ Powell
Gendarme (Uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan
Gendarme (Uncredited)
Sam Ash
Detective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited)
Roger Gray
Detective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited)
Christian J. Frank
Detective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited)
Robert Graves
Detective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited)
Earl Pingree
Detective Interviewing Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
Actor at Party (Uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Actor as 'The Rotary' (Uncredited)
Ramsay Hill
Actor as 'Duke' (Uncredited)
Marc Loebell
Actor as 'Prince' (Uncredited)
Jacques Vanaire
Police Broadcaster (Uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Audience Member (Uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Piano Creditor (Uncredited)
Maurice Renard
Novel
P.J. Wolfson
Screenplay
Karl Freund
Director
John L. Balderston
Screenplay
Florence Crewe-Jones
Adaptation
David Snell
Original Music Composer
Chester A. Lyons
Director of Photography
Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
Hugh Wynn
Editor
Norbert A. Myles
Makeup Artist
Dolly Tree
Costume Design
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Dolph Zimmer
Assistant Director
John W. Considine Jr.
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 12, 1935
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 8m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Mad Love (also released as The Hands of Orlac) is a 1935 American body horror film, an adaptation of Maurice Renard's novel 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 them 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, gaining the status of a cult classic.