# Mad Love (1935)

> A brilliant surgeon’s forbidden obsession turns a pianist’s life-saving hand transplant into a nightmare of bodily contamination and murderous compulsion.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/17227

## Facts

- Runtime: 68 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller
- Director: Karl Freund
- Cast: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy, Isabel Jewell, Sara Haden, Edward Brophy, Henry Kolker
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026663/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: eerie, foreboding, claustrophobic, classic horror marathon, late night viewing

## Synopsis

A tale of obsession and madness unfolds in the shadowy streets of Paris.

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