The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920 · 77 MIN · DRAMA / HORROR / THRILLER / CRIME
TMDB:7.9 (1,768 votes)
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.
DIRECTED BY:Robert Wiene
WRITTEN BY:Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz
STARRING:Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Fehér, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
STUDIO:Decla Film Gesellschaft Holz & Co.
shelf notes: black and white · expressionism · german expressionism · insane asylum · madman · megalomania · ominous · silent film · somnambulism · somnambulist · unreliable narrator