The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Feb 27, 1920

1h 17m

★ 7.9

You must become Caligari!

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Horror

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Decla Film Gesellschaft Holz & Co.

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Cast

Dr. Caligari

Werner Krauss

Cesare

Conrad Veidt

Francis

Friedrich Fehér

Jane

Lil Dagover

Alan

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Dr. Olsen

Rudolf Lettinger

Young Doctor (uncredited)

Henri Peters-Arnolds

Criminal (uncredited)

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Old Man (uncredited)

Hans Lanser-Rudolf

Murderer (uncredited)

Ludwig Rex

Landlady (uncredited)

Elsa Wagner

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