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insane asylum black and white silent film unreliable narrator expressionism somnambulist unreliable flashback megalomania madman somnambulism german expressionism
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Release Date: February 27, 1920
Year | : | 1920 |
Slogan | : | «You must become Caligari!» |
Genres | : | Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime |
Production Companies | : | Decla Film Gesellschaft Holz & Co. |
Director | : | Robert Wiene |
Producers | : | Erich Pommer, Rudolf Meinert |
Writers | : | Carl Mayer, Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz, Hans Janowitz |
RunTime | : | 77 mins. |
Budget | : | 18000 |
Revenue | : | 8811 |
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 moments from his death-like sleep.
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