SOMNAMBULISM

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari's 100th Anniversary - Cinemassacre Review

Feb 26, 2020

Cinemassacre

DrCaligari #JamesRolfe
It's the 100th anniversary of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. So James Rolfe decided to review it on this week's Cinemassacre movie review! Dr. Caligari is a German silent horror film released on February 26th, 1920. Directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. Considered the quintessential work of German Expressionist cinema, it tells the story of an insane hypnotist (Werner Krauss) who uses a somnambulist (Conrad Veidt) to commit murders. The film features a dark and twisted visual style, with sharp-pointed forms, oblique and curving lines, structures and landscapes that lean and twist in unusual angles, and shadows and streaks of light painted directly onto the sets.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)  Fantasy, Horror, Mystery Silent Film

Premiered May 1, 2020

Cult Cinema Classics

Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders

original title: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari 

Director: Robert Wiene

Writers: Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz

Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher

Genre:  Classics, Cult Film,  Fantasy, Horror, Mystery