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.
Title | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
---|---|
Year | 1920 |
Genre | Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime |
Country | Germany |
Studio | Decla Film Gesellschaft Holz & Co. |
Cast | Werner Krauß, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Fehér, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Rudolf Lettinger |
Crew | Giuseppe Becce (Original Music Composer), Robert Wiene (Director), Alfredo Antonini (Original Music Composer), Willy Hameister (Director of Photography), Walter Reimann (Production Design), Hans Janowitz (Screenplay) |
Keyword | insane asylum, silent film, unreliable narrator, expressionism, somnambulist, unreliable flashback, megalomania, madman, somnambulism, german expressionism |
Release | Feb 27, 1920 |
Runtime | 76 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.90 / 10 by 1,588 users |