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Very
influential
horror film
, released in
Germany
in
1919
. Directed by
Robert Wiene
. Starred
Werner Krauss
as the
sinister
Dr. Caligari
and
Conrad Veidt
as
Cesare
the
Somnambulist
. An excellent example of both the
silent film
and
German expressionism
, the
movie
follows the
evil
exploits of Dr. Caligari as he sends Cesare, a
sideshow
dupe
who has been kept in a
trance
for years, on a number of
murderous
rampage
s. He is, of course, opposed by
noble
young heroes who wear too much
eye makeup
(modern
goth
s have no idea how much they owe to
German expressionism
). The
film
ends with a
twist
that grates on modern sensibilities, but was probably
state-of-the-art
when it was filmed.
If you're a
film buff
or a
horror
fan, you should consider this to be
required viewing
; German expressionism had a major
impact
on both the language of
cinema
and how we tell horror stories. The
cinematography
is also a
treat
--the
surreal
,
dream
like
lighting
and
set design
are as much a part of the
story
as the plot or the characters.
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*****Warning: Spoilers*****
"The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari" (or "Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari" in
German
) tells the story of an
asylum
director (
Werner Krauss
) who may or may not be a legendary man, Doctor Caligari. Doctor Caligari would travel from town to town with a
somnambulist
named Cesare (
Conrad Veidt
), who would tell your fortune. Alan (
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
), who is a friend of the hero, Francis (
Friedrich Fehér
), asks Cesare how long he has left to live when the alleged Caligari and Cesare come to a town fair. He is told that he will die at the stroke of dawn. The prophecy comes true, and Francis finds out the next morning that Alan was murdered. He eventually discovers that the town's asylum director is Caligari... however, we discover that the narrator himself is in the aforementioned asylum, and we can not be sure how much of the story was told accurately and how much was invented by Francis.
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