Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
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Title: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
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| Werner Krauss | ... | ||
| Conrad Veidt | ... | ||
| Friedrich Feher | ... |
Francis
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| Lil Dagover | ... | ||
| Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | ... |
Alan
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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, and runs away. Francis and the police investigate the caravan of Dr. Caligari, but the ... Written by Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se}
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Country:
GermanyLanguage:
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19 March 1921 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari See more »Filming Locations:
Lixie-Atelier, Weißensee, Berlin, GermanyEdit
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$18,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Man in garden: Spirits surround us on every side... they have driven me from hearth and home, from wife and child.
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Writer Hans Janowitz claims to have gotten the idea for the film when he was at a carnival one day. He saw a strange man lurking in the shadows. The next day he heard that a girl was brutally murdered there. He went to the funeral and saw the same man lurking around. He had no proof that the strange man was the murderer, but he fleshed the whole idea out into his film. See more »Goofs
The entry in the book "Im jahre 1703 ..." is translated in subtitles (on the blu-ray edition) as "In the year 1783,...". See more »Quotes
[first lines]Man in garden: Spirits surround us on every side... they have driven me from hearth and home, from wife and child.
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This picture is a masterpiece ! How could someone think in something like this at that time ? The film has really good casting ! Werner Krauss is excellent playing Doctor Caligari and Conrad Veidt (Cesare) too !
This movie has an obscure and bizarre mood makes the film looks really scary sometimes ... The painted scenario gave the film the touch that it needed ! It puts you in a nightmarish world , gives you the sensation of claustrofobia , depression and madness ! The objects have a strange shape and an irregular geometry that collaborate for the maintenance of the dark mood !
But the most important thing in this motion picture is the open ended story ! You´re never sure about the end ! It has so many ways of interpretation... It´s useless to try to define "one end" to this movie. You´ll be always asking yourself about the legitimacy of the man´s vision of the story.
It´s not scary , just sometimes , as I said. But it´s dark and it uses the shadows and lights effects so well that I was amazed the first time I saw and I still amazed ! German Films of that time were really good !
Congratulations to Robert Wienne and his cast ! It´s a masterpiece of madness and paranoia!
Rating : *****/******