The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. (original title)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Werner Krauss	...	Dr. Caligari
	Conrad Veidt	...	Cesare
	Friedrich Feher	...	Francis (as Friedrich Fehér)
	Lil Dagover	...	Jane Olsen
	Hans Heinrich von Twardowski	...	Alan (as Hans Heinrich v. Twardowski)
	Rudolf Lettinger	...	Dr. Olsen

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Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. It is the annual fair in Holstenwall. 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. When Alan asks Cesare about his future, Cesare answers that he will die before dawn. The next morning Alan is found dead. Francis suspects Cesare of being the murderer, and starts spying on him and Dr. Caligari. The following night Cesare is going to stab Jane in her bed, but softens when he sees the beautiful woman, and instead of committing another murder, he abducts her. Jane's father awakens because of the noise, and he and some servants follow the fleeing Cesare. When Cesare cannot outrun his pursuers anymore, he gently places Jane down on the ground... Written by Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se}  

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