Robert Wiene directs Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina and Fritz Kortner in this silent horror where an injured pianist is given an emergency transplant but then discovers that his new hands used to belong to a murderer.

Starts out all action. The chaos and carnage of a train wreckage. This is a really pacy atmospheric sequence. The more traditional horror that follows is creepy but a little creaky. Certain sequences are given a little too much rope for very little reward. But again, if I had the opportunity to watch this on the big screen with no distractions the score might be higher.

6

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