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THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI

by Robert Wiene

synopsis

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 ...

international title: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
original title: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
country: Germany
year: 1920
genre: fiction
directed by: Robert Wiene
film run: 76'
release date: DE 26/02/1920, PL 18/03/1920, SE 21/02/1921, HU 11/03/1921, DK 11/04/1921, FR 14/11/1921, ES 01/12/1921, FI 30/01/1922, UK 31/01/1924, PT 17/01/1929, GR 16/11/2002, CZ 10/01/2008, IT 22/11/2014, NL 18/04/2016, UA 17/07/2019
screenplay: Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz
cast: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher
cinematography by: Willy Hameister
art director: Walter Reimann, Walter Röhrig, Hermann Warm

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