Obsession
2026 · Horror · Thriller
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Film / 1935
Mad Love
Directed by
Karl Freund
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.
The story
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.
Cast
Peter LorreDoctor Gogol
Frances DrakeYvonne Orlac
Colin CliveStephen Orlac
Ted HealyReagan
Isabel JewellMarianne (scenes deleted)
Sara HadenMarie
Edward BrophyRollo
Henry KolkerPrefect Rosset
Keye LukeDr. Wong
May BeattyFrançoise
Ian WolfeHenry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather
Edward LippyPierre, Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)
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Frank DarienLavin, Waxwork Proprietor (Uncredited)
Murray KinnellCharles, Theatre Official (Uncredited)
Rollo LloydVarsac, Fingerprint Expert (Uncredited)
Charles TrowbridgeDr. Marbeau
Nell CraigSuzanne (Uncredited)
Robert Emmett KeaneRaoul (Uncredited)
Agostino BorgatoStage Doorman (Uncredited)
Billy GilbertAutograph Seeker on Train (Uncredited)
Hooper AtchleyTrain Conductor (Uncredited)
Maurice BrierreTaxi Driver (Uncredited)
Julie CarterNurse (Uncredited)
Harvey ClarkStation Master (Uncredited)
Michael MarkExecution Official (Uncredited)
Alphonse EthierAssistant Prefect (Uncredited)
Matty RoubertNewsboy (Uncredited)
Otto HoffmanBlind Man (Uncredited)
Cora Sue CollinsCrippled Girl (Uncredited)
Sarah PaddenCrippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited)
Mike CantwellMan (Uncredited)
Bernard SiegelMan (Uncredited)
Kay EnglishWoman (Uncredited)
Edward NorrisMan Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)
Mary Jo MathewsWoman Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)
Russ PowellGendarme (Uncredited)
Rolfe SedanGendarme (Uncredited)
Sam AshDetective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited)
Roger GrayDetective Arresting Stephen (Uncredited)
Christian J. FrankDetective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited)
Robert GravesDetective Escorting Rollo on Train (Uncredited)
Earl PingreeDetective Interviewing Henry Orlac's Clerk (Uncredited)
Theodore LorchActor at Party (Uncredited)
Carl StockdaleActor as 'The Rotary' (Uncredited)
Ramsay HillActor as 'Duke' (Uncredited)
Marc LoebellActor as 'Prince' (Uncredited)
Jacques VanairePolice Broadcaster (Uncredited)
Monte VandergriftAudience Member (Uncredited)
Clarence WilsonPiano Creditor (Uncredited)
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