Stephen Orlac
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Stephen Orlac is the tormented concert pianist in the 1935 horror film "Mad Love," whose transplanted hands drive him toward madness and violence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stephen Orlac canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1928522 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Orlac Context triple: [Mad Love (1935 film), character, Stephen Orlac]
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A.
Philip Sabes
Philip Sabes is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur known for his work on brain–computer interfaces and for co-founding the neurotechnology company Neuralink.
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B.
John Stonehouse
John Stonehouse was a British Labour politician and former cabinet minister best known for faking his own death in 1974 in an attempt to escape financial and legal troubles.
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C.
Johnny St. Cyr
Johnny St. Cyr was an influential early jazz banjoist and guitarist best known for his work with Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five and Hot Seven bands.
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D.
John LaRue
John LaRue was an early American pioneer and landowner in Kentucky after whom LaRue County was named.
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E.
Dan Osborn
Dan Osborn is a music industry figure best known as a founder of the independent record label Drag City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Orlac Target entity description: Stephen Orlac is the tormented concert pianist in the 1935 horror film "Mad Love," whose transplanted hands drive him toward madness and violence.
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A.
Philip Sabes
Philip Sabes is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur known for his work on brain–computer interfaces and for co-founding the neurotechnology company Neuralink.
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B.
John Stonehouse
John Stonehouse was a British Labour politician and former cabinet minister best known for faking his own death in 1974 in an attempt to escape financial and legal troubles.
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C.
Johnny St. Cyr
Johnny St. Cyr was an influential early jazz banjoist and guitarist best known for his work with Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five and Hot Seven bands.
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D.
John LaRue
John LaRue was an early American pioneer and landowner in Kentucky after whom LaRue County was named.
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E.
Dan Osborn
Dan Osborn is a music industry figure best known as a founder of the independent record label Drag City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Mad Love ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | Mad Love (1935 film) ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Dr. Gogol
ⓘ
Yvonne Orlac ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenreTrope |
mad doctor experiment
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transplanted killer hands ⓘ |
| basedOn | character concept from Maurice Renard’s novel "Les Mains d'Orlac" ⓘ |
| causeOfSuffering |
hand transplant from executed murderer
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obsession of Dr. Gogol ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
fear of committing violence
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loss of control over transplanted hands ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| fictionalUniverse |
Mad Love (1935 film universe)
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linked to:
Mad Love (1935 film)
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| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | horror film ⓘ |
| hasBodyModification | hand transplant ⓘ |
| hasFullName | Stephen Orlac ⓘ |
| hasMedicalProcedure | hand transplant ⓘ |
| hasPsychologicalState |
fearful
ⓘ
paranoid ⓘ tormented ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Yvonne Orlac ⓘ |
| keyPlotElement |
belief that his new hands compel him to kill
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surgical grafting of murderer’s hands ⓘ train accident leading to loss of hands ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| moralStatus | morally innocent but psychologically unstable ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
ⓘ
tragic hero ⓘ |
| notableAbility | virtuoso piano performance ⓘ |
| notableInstrument | piano ⓘ |
| occupation | concert pianist ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Colin Clive ⓘ |
| primaryActivity | piano performance ⓘ |
| primarySetting | Paris ⓘ |
| relative | Yvonne Orlac ⓘ |
| sharesConceptWith | Paul Orlac ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
body horror
ⓘ
identity crisis ⓘ madness ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | Dr. Gogol ⓘ |
| victimOf |
gaslighting
ⓘ
psychological manipulation ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1935 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stephen Orlac Description of subject: Stephen Orlac is the tormented concert pianist in the 1935 horror film "Mad Love," whose transplanted hands drive him toward madness and violence.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.