The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

About The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

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.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a 1920 crime horror film directed by Robert Wiene. The film is filed under mysterious, ominous, foreboding, and ghoulish.

Werner Krauss stars as Dr. Caligari, Conrad Veidt as Cesare, Friedrich Fehér as Francis, and Lil Dagover as Jane. Released in February 1920, it runs 77 minutes.

The screenplay is by Carl Mayer and Hans Janowitz. It streams on Artiflix, Bloodstream, and Cineverse Amazon Channel in the United States.

Metropolis, Dark Waters, and Nosferatu make useful companions to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, all filed under black and white, expressionism, and german expressionism. TMDB voters put it at 7.9 out of 10 across 1,849 votes and it carries a NR rating.