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Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (The)

Country: Germany, Language: English, 76 mins

  • Director: Robert Wiene
  • Writer: Carl Mayer; Hans Janowitz
  • Producer: Rudolf Meinert; Erich Pommer

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Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fianc*e Jane recently went through. It is the annual fair in Holstenwall. 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. The next morning Alan is found dead. Francis suspects Cesare of being the murderer, and starts spying on him and Dr. Caligari. The following night Cesare is going to stab Jane in her bed, but softens when he sees the beautiful woman, and instead of committing another murder, he abducts her. Jane's father awakens because of the noise, and he and some servants follow the fleeing Cesare. When Cesare cannot outrun his pursuers anymore, he gently places Jane down on the ground, and runs away. Francis and the police investigate the caravan of Dr. Caligari, but the doctor succeeds in slipping away. Francis pursues the fleeing Dr. Caligari, and sees him disappear into a madhouse. Francis enters the madhouse, where he is sure he will find the truth behind all these mysterious events.


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Cast & Characters

Werner Krauss as Dr. Caligari;
Conrad Veidt as Cesare;
Friedrich Feher as Francis;
Lil Dagover as Jane Olsen;
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Alan;
Rudolf Lettinger as Dr. Olsen;
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Ein Verbrecher;
Hans Lanser-Rudolf as Ein alter Mann / An old man;
Henri Peters-Arnolds as Ein junger Arzt / A young doctor;
Ludwig Rex as Ein Morder / A murderer;
Elsa Wagner as Die Wirtin / The Landlady