Top Billed Cast
Werner Krauß
Dr. Caligari
Conrad Veidt
Cesare
Friedrich Fehér
Francis
Lil Dagover
Jane
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Alan
Rudolf Lettinger
Dr. Olsen
Henri Peters-Arnolds
Young Doctor (uncredited)
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Criminal (uncredited)
Hans Lanser-Rudolf
Old Man (uncredited)
Ludwig Rex
Murderer (uncredited)
Elsa Wagner
Landlady (uncredited)
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Review 2DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
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Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
This is a seriously creepy affair that follows the story of the young "Franzis" (Friedrich Feher) who goes to a fairground one night with his friend "Alan" (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski). They happen upon the performance of the coffin-dwelling somnambulist prophesier "Cesare" (Conrad Veidt) and his spooky master "Dr. Caligari" (Werner Krauss). "Casare" - who is all but skeletal in appearance, portends looming disaster for "Alan", and when he is found murdered next morning suspicions turn to this enigmatic pair- even though there is no real "evidence" at all! Things take an even darker twist whe...
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Facts
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
18000.00
Revenue
8811.00
Keywords
- insane asylum
- silent film
- unreliable narrator
- expressionism
- somnambulist
- unreliable flashback
- megalomania
- madman
- somnambulism
- german expressionism