The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari 1920. Caligari) is a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer These radical distortions immediately set the film apart from all earlier ones, which were.
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It also was the first film in the German Expressionist movement. Caligari 's distinct visual style has influenced countless film-makers, some more than others
It's a seminal work of the genre, and defined many of the tropes that, today, form the basis of modern horror. In it a somnambulist named Cesare (Conrd Veidt), controlled by Dr Caligari (Werner Krauss), goes about murdering people The film follows the story of a young man named Francis who becomes involved in a series of mysterious murders in a small German town.
The of Dr. Caligari (1920) Posters — The Movie Database (TMDB). But there is a framing-story which makes the whole tale the ravings of a lunatic in an asylum. The film follows the story of a young man named Francis who becomes involved in a series of mysterious murders in a small German town.
. The actors inhabit a jagged landscape of sharp angles and tilted walls and windows, staircases climbing crazy diagonals, trees with spiky leaves, grass that looks like knives Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.