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This silent movie horror from 1924 inspired several remakes and stars the great Conrad Veidt in the title role of Paul Orlac, a revered concert pianist who – after losing both hands in a train crash – find himself with a newly transplanted pair of hands, namely those of a recently executed murderer…
THE HANDS OF ORLAC (ORLAC’S HÄNDE) once again features the combined talents of director Robert Wiene and its star Conny Veidt four years after their collaboration on the ground-breaking German expressionist horror THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI. Based on the novel Les Mains d’Orlac by French writer Maurice Renard the plot concerns concert pianist Paul Orlac (C. Veidt) looking forward to being united with his beloved wife Yvonne (Alexandra Sorina) after an exhausting tour. Alas, fate has something altogether different in store! On the journey home the train is derailed and although Orlac’s life can be saved, his hands – his most important ‘tool’ – cannot. A
Decanter How Champagne 2020 wines are shaping up
Champagne s 2020 vintage has been tipped as the third instalment in a trilogy of quality years, says Giles Fallowfield, who reports on a tasting of vins clairs from top growers.
Champagne 2020 vintage is the third high quality and very warm harvest in a row;
a trilogy of vintages that resembles 1988, ’89 and 90, in terms of quality, but picked much earlier.
Gloriously ripe but balanced and practically disease free, 2020’s potential was recognised at the time of the harvest.
But eight months on, a Zoom tasting of the
vins clairs (still base wines) from the 15 top growers in the