The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

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German Expressionist film film horror film silent film

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a landmark 1920 German Expressionist silent horror film renowned for its twisted narrative and highly stylized, distorted set design.

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari canonical 12
The Cabinet of Caligari 2
Dr. Caligari 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German Expressionist film ⓘ
film ⓘ
horror film ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Hermann Warm ⓘ
Walter Reimann ⓘ
Walter Röhrig ⓘ
characterRole Cesare is a somnambulist under Dr. Caligari's control ⓘ
Dr. Caligari is a mysterious showman and hypnotist ⓘ
cinematographyBy Willy Hameister ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
director Robert Wiene ⓘ
distributor Decla-Bioscop ⓘ
hasGenre German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
surface form: German Expressionism

horror ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
influenced film noir aesthetics ⓘ
psychological horror films ⓘ
surrealist cinema ⓘ
leadActor Conrad Veidt ⓘ
Friedrich Feher ⓘ
Lil Dagover ⓘ
Werner Krauss ⓘ
mainCharacter Cesare ⓘ
Dr. Caligari ⓘ
Francis ⓘ
Jane ⓘ
musicBy Giuseppe Becce ⓘ
narrativeDevice unreliable narrator ⓘ
notableFor being a landmark of German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
frame narrative structure ⓘ
highly stylized, distorted set design ⓘ
influence on horror film aesthetics ⓘ
painted shadows and jagged scenery ⓘ
twist ending ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
producer Erich Pommer ⓘ
Rudolf Meinert ⓘ
recognizedAs a classic of world cinema ⓘ
one of the most important films of German cinema ⓘ
releaseDate 1920-02-26 ⓘ
releaseYear 1920 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes approximately 75 ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
setting the fictional town of Holstenwall ⓘ
sound silent ⓘ
studio Decla-Bioscop ⓘ
surface form: Decla-Film
writer Carl Mayer ⓘ
Hans Janowitz ⓘ

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Conrad Veidt → notableWork → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
Conrad Veidt → workTitle → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
Dracula → notableFilmAdaptation → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nosferatu (1922 film, unauthorized adaptation)
Adam → hasAlias → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dr. Caligari
William Dieterle → actedIn → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
Weimar culture → notableWork → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
Veidt → notableWork → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
subject surface form: Conrad Veidt
Cesare → appearsIn → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
Cesare → firstAppearance → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
Cesare → createdFor → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
Cesare → partOf → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari franchise
Silent → notableWork → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
subject surface form: Silent film
Carl Mayer → notableWork → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
Carl Mayer → workedOn → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
Richard Davalos → notableWork → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cabinet of Caligari
Richard Davalos → appearedIn → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cabinet of Caligari
UFA → producedFilm → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ