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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) [REPOST]

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) [REPOST]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) [REPOST]
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 78000 kbps | 6.9Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps (music only) | Intertitles: English
01:15:00 | Germany | Horror

Dr. Caligari's somnambulist, Cesare, and his deadly predictions.

Director: Robert Wiene
Cast: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Rudolf Lettinger, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Hans Lanser-Rudolf, Henri Peters-Arnolds, Ludwig Rex, Elsa Wagner

The most brilliant example of that dark and twisted film movement known as German expressionism, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a plunge into the mind of insanity that severs all ties with the rational world.

Director Robert Wiene and a team of designers crafted a nightmare realm in which light, shadow and substance are abstracted, a world in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetuate a series of murders in a small community.

This Kino on Video edition is taken from a 35mm print restored by the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv of Germany, featuring the original color tinting and toning. The title translation is by Kinograph Montreal. With Conrad Veidt (Contraband,Waxworks), Werner Krauss (Waxworks), Lil Dagover, Freidrich Feher

DVD Extras
- A 43-minute condensation of Robert Wiene's Genuine: The Tale of a Vampire (1920)
- Behind-the-Scenes footage of Robert Wiene on the set of I.N.R.I. (1923)
- Two musical scores to choose from:
- Music composed and performed by Donald Sosin
- Contemporary orchestral score by Rainer Viertblock
- Gallery of more than 40 photos, posters and production sketches
- New and improved English subtitle translation

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) [REPOST]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) [REPOST]


IMDb

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancee Jane recently went through. It is the annual fair in Holstenwall. 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. When Alan asks Cesare about his future, Cesare answers that he will die before dawn. The next morning Alan is found dead. Francis suspects Cesare of being the murderer, and starts spying on him and Dr. Caligari. The following night Cesare is going to stab Jane in her bed, but softens when he sees the beautiful woman, and instead of committing another murder, he abducts her. Jane's father awakens because of the noise, and he and some servants follow the fleeing Cesare. When Cesare cannot outrun his pursuers anymore, he gently places Jane down on the ground, and runs away. Francis and the police investigate the caravan of Dr. Caligari, but the …
~ Maths Jesperson

DVDBeaver

Undoubtedly one of the most exciting and inspired horror movies ever made. The story is a classic sampling of expressionist paranoia about a hypnotist who uses a somnambulist to do his murders, full of the gloom and fear that prevailed in Germany as it emerged from WWI. There are plenty of extremely boring sociological/critical accounts of the film; best to avoid them and enjoy the film's extraordinary use of painted light and Veidt's marvellous performance. Incidentally, the influence of Caligari on the cinema is much more problematic than some historians suppose. Thematically it has rarely been copied, and the style only really infiltrated in dream sequences and other odd devices.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) [REPOST]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) [REPOST]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) [REPOST]