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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Drama Crime Thriller Horror

You must become Caligari!

Release Date: 1920, February 27
Directors: Robert Wiene
Countries: Germany
Production: Decla Film Gesellschaft Holz & Co.
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Hans Lanser-Rudolf, Werner Krauß, Lil Dagover, Elsa Wagner, Rudolf Lettinger, Henri Peters-Arnolds, Ludwig Rex

Overview:

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.

Keywords:

unreliable narrator dramatic ghoulish suspenseful mysterious foreboding black and white ominous insane asylum somnambulism silent film madman expressionism german expressionism megalomania somnambulist