The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

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1920

1h 18m

German

Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime

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Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. 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 ...

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

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1920

1h 18m

German

Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime

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Cast

Dr. Caligari

Cesare

Francis

Jane

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Alan

Rudolf Lettinger

Dr. Olsen

Henri Peters-Arnolds

Young Doctor (uncredited)

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Criminal (uncredited)

Hans Lanser-Rudolf

Old Man (uncredited)

Ludwig Rex

Murderer (uncredited)

Elsa Wagner

Landlady (uncredited)

Directed By: Robert Wiene

Written By: Carl Mayer (Story), Hans Janowitz (Story), + 1 more

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CatyAlexandre says...

11 years ago

Fantastic piece of psychological horror of the beginning of cinema! The atmosphere of the film is perfect and all of the things together, the shadows, the light, the painted scenarios, many objects distorced with irregular shapes, the make up, the acting, all helped to create a bizarre and creepy world. It's incredible to see how things like this, with this great originality could be made in that era.

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MrMulligan says...

6 years ago

Watched this for a class on horror films. Really enjoyed the fantastic set design/backgrounds. The ultra stylized look is iconic and hard to forget. The actual story, while probably fairly unique at the time of release, is old hat now. Still highly enjoyable and worth at least one watch.

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saundrew

10/10 8 years ago

Freshmen year of college was great. I really enjoyed the film history class, but there was one disadvantage to the first semester. It took a long time to get through silent films, and frankly a lot of them can be really, really boring in long spurts.

Then we got to (96 year old) Caligari. This mo More

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AndrewBloom

CONTAINS SPOILERS8/10 3 years ago

[8.0/10] There’s plenty of reasons to watch *The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari*. Maybe you have an interest in film history. Maybe you want to see one of the jewels of the silent era. Maybe you’d like to watch one of the pioneering works of the horror genre. My reason, though, makes me a little sheepi More

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Horseface

2 years ago

This is the worst movie I've ever watched 15 minutes of. Lars von Trier once said he knew at the latest fifteen minutes into a movie whether it was worth continuing, and I took that advice to heart, so here we are.

Okay. Seriously. SERIOUSLY? Yes, 102 years ago, "cinema" was in its early years. S More

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manicure

6/10 3 years ago

“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” must have been a solid ten out of five stars when it came out a century ago, and it still holds decently nowadays despite dragging a little in the pacing. Sketchy and naive as it may look now, the plot anticipated countless cliches of modern cinema, and even has one More

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