The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 86% of the 140 1920s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 17m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
1,829 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert WieneDirector
- Giuseppe BecceOriginal Music Composer
- Alfredo AntoniniOriginal Music Composer
- Hans JanowitzScreenplay
- Carl MayerScreenplay
Cast
- Werner KraussDr. Caligari
- Conrad VeidtCesare
- Friedrich FehérFrancis
- Lil DagoverJane
- Hans Heinrich von TwardowskiAlan
- Rudolf LettingerDr. Olsen
- Henri Peters-ArnoldsYoung Doctor (uncredited)
- Rudolf Klein-RoggeCriminal (uncredited)
- Hans Lanser-RudolfOld Man (uncredited)
- Ludwig RexMurderer (uncredited)
- Elsa WagnerLandlady (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
insane asylumblack and whitesilent filmunreliable narratorexpressionismsomnambulistmegalomaniamadmansomnambulismmysteriousgerman expressionismdramatic
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