---
title: 'Mad Love (1935)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karl Freund'
released: '1935-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 65
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mad-love-1935'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026663/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mad Love (1935)

1935 · 65 min · Horror, Science Fiction · United States


## Synopsis

Mad Love 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund)
- **Screenplay:** [Guy Endore](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-endore), [John L. Balderston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-l-balderston)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Producer:** [John W. Considine Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-w-considine-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gregg Toland](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-toland)

## Cast

- [Frances Drake](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-drake)
- [Edward Norris](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-norris)
- [Edward Brophy](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-brophy)
- [Frank Darien](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-darien)
- [Sara Haden](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-haden)
- [Peter Lorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lorre)
- [Alphonse Ethier](https://cinepixo.com/people/alphonse-ethier)
- [Sam Ash](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-ash)
- [Clarence Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-wilson)
- [Otto Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-hoffman)
- [Sarah Padden](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-padden)
- [May Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/may-beatty)
- [Colin Clive](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-clive)
- [Ted Healy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-healy)
- [Charles Trowbridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-trowbridge)

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