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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ( German: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) is a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. Considered the quintessential work of German Expressionist cinema, it tells the story of an insane hypnotist ( Werner Krauss) who uses a brainwashed somnambulist ( Conrad ...
Dr. Caligari is a 1989 American avant-garde horror erotic film co-written and directed by Stephen Sayadian and starring Madeleine Reynal, Laura Albert, Gene Zerna, David Parry, Fox Harris and Jennifer Balgobin.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: Directed by Robert Wiene. With Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover. Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
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- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Robert Wiene
- 1920-02-27
Jun 3, 2009 · Evidence is discovered by Francis and the local police that Caligari, influenced by an occult medieval manuscript, yearned to find a somnambulist and place him under a hypnotic spell, subjecting him to his will. A case can be made that "Caligari" was the first true horror film.
Arguably the first true horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari set a brilliantly high bar for the genre -- and remains terrifying nearly a century after it first stalked the screen.
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- Werner Krauss
- Robert Wiene
- Horror, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Feb 25, 2020 · A new silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, is released to unsuspecting German audiences and quickly becomes a worldwide sensation. “When will I die?” asks one character to another.
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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.