Mad Love
1935 · Movie · 68 min · ★ 7.0 · 95% critics
A brilliant surgeon becomes dangerously obsessed with a stage actress and sees a chance to get closer when her husband is badly injured. His radical solution restores what was lost, but it also brings unsettling side effects that threaten the couple’s peace and safety.
Based on Les Mains d'Orlac
Also known as The Mad Doctor of Paris · The Hands of Orlac
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Details
- Years
- 1935
- Release date
- 1935-07-12
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 68 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (124 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a short, classic macabre thriller with obsession, dark humor, and a bonkers medical hook; Not for you if you need grounded realism or steady tone like The Mummy.
Pros: ghoulish atmosphere; memorably creepy lead; darkly offbeat premise | Cons: uneven supporting cast; annoying comic relief; plot feels rushed
Themes
- based on novel or book
- obsession
- surgeon
- guillotine
- mad doctor
- murderer
- execution
- pianist
- knife throwing
- grand guignol
- wax figure
- double amputee
Cast & crew
Peter Lorre
as Doctor Gogol
Frances Drake
as Yvonne Orlac
Colin Clive
as Stephen Orlac
Ted Healy
as Reagan
Isabel Jewell
as Marianne (scenes deleted)
Sara Haden
as Marie
Edward Brophy
as Rollo
Henry Kolker
as Prefect Rosset
Keye Luke
as Dr. Wong
May Beatty
as Françoise
Directed by Karl Freund