The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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Caligari is a hypnotist whose somnambulist Cesare, kills the hero's friend and carries off his girl. Having exposed Caligari, the hero himself is revealed as the inmate of a lunatic asylum where Caligari is director. The film's reputation is based on its position in the development of expressionism in the German cinema. The style of design, in particular sets painted flat with distortions of perspective, emphasized by grotesque lighting, became known as Caligarism and had a great influence on German films of the next decade. (Circulates)
Credits
- Directed by
- Robert Wiene
- Written by
- Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz
- Cast
- Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Lil Dagover, Friedrich Feher, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Rudolf Lettinger, Elsa Wagner, Ludwig Rex
- Produced by
- Erich Pommer, Rudolf Meinert
- Cinematography
- Willy Hameister
- Music
- Giuseppe Becce
Copyright
Copyright status (Wikidata): public domain
Complete catalog record
Caligari is a hypnotist whose somnambulist Cesare, kills the hero's friend and carries off his girl. Having exposed Caligari, the hero himself is revealed as the inmate of a lunatic asylum where Caligari is director. The film's reputation is based on its position in the development of expressionism in the German cinema. The style of design, in particular sets painted flat with distortions of perspective, emphasized by grotesque lighting, became known as Caligarism and had a great influence on German films of the next decade. (Circulates)
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