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99+ Photos. Horror Mystery Thriller. Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders. Director. Robert Wiene. Writers. Carl Mayer. Hans Janowitz. Stars. Werner Krauss. Conrad Veidt. Friedrich Feher. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. +6. Add to Watchlist. Added by 71.0K users. 331 User reviews. 196 Critic reviews.
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- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Robert Wiene
- 1920-02-27
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 ...
- $4,713
- 26 February 1920 (Germany)
- $12,371
- Decla-Film (later known as Decla-Bioscop AG)
- Overview
- Production notes and credits
- Cast
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, German silent horror film, released in 1920, that is widely considered the first great work in the genre. It also was the first film in the German Expressionist movement.
The mysterious Dr. Caligari (played by Werner Krauss) arrives in a rural German village with his companion Cesare (Conrad Veidt), a man in an eternal state of sleep who can be ordered to perform his master’s commands. A series of gruesome murders lead some to believe that the doctor and his strange “assistant” may well be to blame.
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•Studio: Decla-Bioscop AG
•Director: Robert Weine
•Producers: Erich Pommer and Rudolf Meinert
•Writers: Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer
•Music: Giuseppe Becce
•Running time: 67 minutes
•Werner Krauss (Dr. Caligari)
•Conrad Veidt (Cesare)
•Fredrich Feher (Franzis)
•Lil Dagover (Jane)
•Hans Heinz von Twardowski (Alan)
•Rudolph Lettinger (Dr. Olson)
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Jun 3, 2009 · After a prologue, a story is told: A sideshow operator named Caligari ( Werner Krauss) arrives at the fair to exhibit the Somnambulist, a man he claims has been sleeping since his birth 23 years ago. This figure, named Cesare ( Conrad Veidt ), sleeps in a coffin and is hand-fed by the crazed-looking doctor, who claims he can answer any question.
Synopsis At a carnival in Germany, Francis (Friedrich Feher) and his friend Alan (Rudolf Lettinger) encounter the crazed Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss). The men see Caligari showing off his...
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- Werner Krauss
- Robert Wiene
- Horror, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
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Feb 25, 2020 · The film’s leading actors, Werner Krauss (Caligari) and Conrad Veidt (Cesare), had both worked under legendary expressionist theatre impresario Max Reinhardt, and their movements, along with those of the other actors, merge with the set design to form geometric patterns – a perfect fusion of expressionist design:
The unhinged hypnotist Caligari (Werner Krauss) keeps, like a pet, a 23-year-old sleepwalker whom he calls Cesare the Somnambulist (Conrad Veidt). Caligari has put Cesare to work as a...
