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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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.
1920 · Directed by Robert Wiene · 77 min · Drama · Horror · Thriller · Crime · 20 frames
Tagline
You must become Caligari!
Crew
- Screenplay: Hans Janowitz, Carl Mayer
- Cinematography: Willy Hameister
- Music: Giuseppe Becce, Alfredo Antonini
- Production design: Walter Reimann, Walter Röhrig, Hermann Warm
- Produced by: Erich Pommer, Rudolf Meinert
Cast
- Werner Krauss as Dr. Caligari
- Conrad Veidt as Cesare
- Friedrich Fehér as Francis
- Lil Dagover as Jane
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Alan
- Rudolf Lettinger as Dr. Olsen
- Henri Peters-Arnolds as Young Doctor (uncredited)
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Criminal (uncredited)
- Hans Lanser-Rudolf as Old Man (uncredited)
- Ludwig Rex as Murderer (uncredited)
Production
- Country: Germany
- Language: No Language
- Studios: Decla Film Gesellschaft Holz & Co.
- Budget: $18,000
- Box office: $8,811
- Themes: insane asylum, black and white, silent film, unreliable narrator, expressionism, somnambulist, megalomania, madman, somnambulism, mysterious
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