Mad Love

19351935
PassedPassed
1h 8min

Peter Lorre and Frances Drake in Mad Love (1935)

Paris, France: a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert pianist husband's train-wreck-mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer. . . with a gift for knife-throwing.

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In Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert pianist husband's mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer with a gift for... Read allIn Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert pianist husband's mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer with a gift for knife-throwing.In Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert pianist husband's mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer with a gift for knife-throwing.

Director
- Karl Freund
Writers
- Maurice Renard(from the novel: "Les Mains D'Orlac")
- Florence Crewe-Jones(translation and adaptation: novel "The Hands of Orlac")
- Guy Endore(adaptation)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Doctor Gogolas Doctor Gogol

Yvonne Orlacas Yvonne Orlac

Stephen Orlacas Stephen Orlac

Reaganas Reagan

Marieas Marie
(as Sarah Haden)

Rolloas Rollo

Prefect Rossetas Prefect Rosset

Dr. Wongas Dr. Wong

Françoiseas Françoise

Chauffeuras Chauffeur
(scenes deleted)

Undetermined Roleas Undetermined Role
(scenes deleted)

Thiefas Thief
(scenes deleted)

Marianneas Marianne
(scenes deleted)

Undetermined Roleas Undetermined Role
(scenes deleted)

Detective Arresting Stephenas Detective Arresting Stephen
(uncredited)

Train Conductoras Train Conductor
(uncredited)

Agostino Borgato

Stage Doormanas Stage Doorman
(uncredited)

Maurice Brierre

Taxi Driveras Taxi Driver
(uncredited)

Director
- Karl Freund
Writers
- Maurice Renard(from the novel: "Les Mains D'Orlac")
- Florence Crewe-Jones(translation and adaptation: novel "The Hands of Orlac")
- Guy Endore(adaptation)
All cast & crew
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In Paris, the great surgeon Dr. Gogol falls madly in love with stage actress Yvonne Orlac, and his ardor disturbs her quite a bit when he discovers to his horror that she is married to concert pianist Stephen Orlac. Shortly thereafter, Stephen's hands are badly crushed in a train accident- beyond the power of standard medicine. Knowing that his hands are his life, Yvonne overcomes her fear and goes to Dr. Gogol, to beg him to help. Gogol decides to surgically graft the hands of executed murderer Rollo onto Stephen Orlac, the surgery is successful but has terrible side-effects... —Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>

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Taglines
- A new, a strange, a gifted personality comes to the screen!
Genres
Certificate
- Passed
Parents guide

Trivia
Charles Chaplin called Lorre the screen's best actor after seeing his performance in "Mad Love."

Goofs
The wax statue of "Yvonne" is shown with arms straight down through the film, but toward the end, when there is a shot of the real Yvonne facing the wax statue, the statue has its left arm bent with hand on hip.

Quotes
Françoise, Gogol's Housekeeper: [referring to the wax figure of Yvonne] It went out for a little walk!

Crazy credits
At the end of the opening credits, the titles are painted on a glass window pane that is broken by a fist punching through it.

Alternate versions
Phil Hardy's The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction (p. 94) states that there is an 85-minute version of the film, although he provides no details about this.

Connections
Edited into The History of the Hands (2016)

Soundtracks
Etude Opus 10, no.4
(1830) (uncredited)
Music by Frédéric Chopin

Top review

8/10

Well-Done 1930's Style Horror

I really enjoyed "Mad Love," it moves well and is a lot of fun to watch. It's certainly the most substantial role I've seen Colin Clive in other than his immortal portrayals of Dr. Frankenstein. Peter Lorre was such a great actor, he does scene after scene as the creepy Dr. Gogol with such natural ease, it doesn't seem like he's acting at all. Yet Dr. Gogol comes across as more pathetic than evil, which is crucial to this film, which has a very simple plot and a predictable ending.

Peter Lorre is great to watch! Even the most simple, corny line spoken by him rings with meaning and truthfulness, Lorre really knew how to play for/to the camera. This movie is only a little over an hour, highly recommended if you're going to do a double feature, and you're looking for a short feature as an appetizer.

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Release date
- July 12, 1935 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- The Mad Doctor of Paris
Filming locations
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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Budget
- $257,502 (estimated)

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Runtime
- 1h 8min
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

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