The Hands of Orlac (1960 film)
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The Hands of Orlac (1960 film) is a British-French horror thriller about a pianist who, after receiving a hand transplant from an executed murderer, becomes tormented by the fear that he has inherited the killer’s violent impulses.
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| The Hands of Orlac (1960 film) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10089414 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hands of Orlac (1960 film) Context triple: [The Hands of Orlac, hasAdaptation, The Hands of Orlac (1960 film)]
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The Hands of Orlac (working title)
The Hands of Orlac (working title) is the original production title for the 1935 horror film "Mad Love," a classic of early psychological and body-horror cinema.
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The Hands of Orlac
The Hands of Orlac is a 1920 horror novel by Maurice Renard about a pianist who, after receiving a hand transplant from an executed murderer, becomes tormented by the fear that he has inherited the killer’s violent impulses.
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Chamber of Horrors (1966 film)
Chamber of Horrors (1966 film) is a 1960s American horror-thriller known for its gimmicky “Fear Flasher” and “Horror Horn” alerts and its story of a deranged killer seeking revenge.
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Nosferatu the Vampyre
Nosferatu the Vampyre is Werner Herzog’s 1979 atmospheric horror film that reimagines F.W. Murnau’s silent classic, starring Klaus Kinski as Count Dracula.
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse is a 1933 German crime thriller film by Fritz Lang that blends expressionist style with early noir elements in a story of criminal conspiracy and psychological manipulation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hands of Orlac (1960 film) Target entity description: The Hands of Orlac (1960 film) is a British-French horror thriller about a pianist who, after receiving a hand transplant from an executed murderer, becomes tormented by the fear that he has inherited the killer’s violent impulses.
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A.
The Hands of Orlac (working title)
The Hands of Orlac (working title) is the original production title for the 1935 horror film "Mad Love," a classic of early psychological and body-horror cinema.
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B.
The Hands of Orlac
The Hands of Orlac is a 1920 horror novel by Maurice Renard about a pianist who, after receiving a hand transplant from an executed murderer, becomes tormented by the fear that he has inherited the killer’s violent impulses.
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C.
Chamber of Horrors (1966 film)
Chamber of Horrors (1966 film) is a 1960s American horror-thriller known for its gimmicky “Fear Flasher” and “Horror Horn” alerts and its story of a deranged killer seeking revenge.
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D.
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Nosferatu the Vampyre is Werner Herzog’s 1979 atmospheric horror film that reimagines F.W. Murnau’s silent classic, starring Klaus Kinski as Count Dracula.
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E.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse is a 1933 German crime thriller film by Fritz Lang that blends expressionist style with early noir elements in a story of criminal conspiracy and psychological manipulation.
- F. None of above. chosen
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Hands of Orlac (1960 film) Description of subject: The Hands of Orlac (1960 film) is a British-French horror thriller about a pianist who, after receiving a hand transplant from an executed murderer, becomes tormented by the fear that he has inherited the killer’s violent impulses.
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