The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Duration: 60

Genre: Fantasy Horror Mystery Thriller

Year Published: 1920

Creator: Griggs-Moviedrome

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Description: 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)

Complete 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) , , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.