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52min
Genre:
Horror
Release:
1919
Distributor:
Alpha Video
Starring:
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover  ... More
Synopsis: In one of the most influential films of the silent era, Werner Krauss plays the title character, a sinister hypnotist who travels the carnival circuit displaying a somnambulist named Cesare (Conrad Veidt). In one tiny German town, a series of murders coincides with Caligari's visit. When the best friend of hero Francis (Friedrich Feher) is killed, the deed seems to be the outgrowth of a romantic rivalry over the hand of the lovely Jane (Lil Dagover). Francis suspects Caligari, but he is ignored by ... Full Synopsis
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Jonathan Crow, AMG Review
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a towering landmark film in cinematic history; it had a profound stylistic impact on much of German cinema before WWII, it was the progenitor of the moody chiaroscuro look of 1940s film noir, and, according to Siegfried Kracauer in his seminal book From Caligari to Hitler, it was a harbinger of the rise of Naziism. Originally scripted as a bizarre fever dream about the ... Read Review
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Werner Krauss
Dr. Caligari
Conrad Veidt
Cesare
Lil Dagover
Jane
Friedrich Feher
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