Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. (The Cabinet of Dr. Calig...
Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Two men on a park bench discuss the story of Cesare, a sleep-walking circus performer under the control of the murderous Dr. Caligari. But all, of course, is not quite as it seems.
DVD Released: October 15, 1997
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April 15, 2009Robert Wiene's 1919 classic "Das Cabinet Des Dr Caligari" is, in every way, a courageous piece of film making.
The Expressionistic set design, as the backdrop to the story of a mad doctor and his manipulation of a somnambulist, is brilliantly conceived, especially when cons... ...( read more ) -
November 16, 2008"Spirits surround us on every side... they have driven me from hearth and home, from wife and child."
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Prior to F.W. Murau's Nosferatu there was Robert Weine's silent horror masterpiece Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari (translated to the more common titl... -
October 24, 2008Certainly entertaining, but I wasn't blown away by it (I'm not sure how I should rate it, the style should get more stars than 3..)
The black and white, and the music complement the surrealistic style. I've never seen anything like it. But I'm definitely in for more!!
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March 20, 2008THE most influentail fim of all time, and a hell of a good story for the era
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May 3, 2009for most of the movie i thought the set pieces were understandably expressionistic, but still tacky and not having any substantial reason to be there, and i thought the plot a hackneyed melodrama. i was ready to spring the 3 star rating. but the way it ended made everything fall ... ...( read more )
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September 30, 2007somebody PLEASE make a skin for this movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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