THE HANDS OF ORLAC (1924)
byA world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn’t know they once belonged to a murderer.
CONRAD VEIDT
WAXWORKS (1924)
byA wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner’s daughter in the stories.
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (1928)
byWhen a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920)
byHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.