The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) (1920)
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Critic Consensus: Arguably the first true horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari set a brilliantly high bar for the genre -- and remains terrifying nearly a century after it first stalked the screen.
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Cast
as Dr. Caligari
as Cesare
as Jane

as Francis

as Dr. Olson

as Alan

as Francis

as Alan
as A Criminal
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A case can be made that Caligari was the first true horror film.
This is more than just a textbook classic; the narrative frame creates ambiguities that hold certain elements of the story in disturbing suspension. A one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Robert Wiene has made perfect use of settings designed by Hermann Warm, Walter Reimann and Walter Roehrig, settings that squeeze and turn and adjust the eye and through the eye the mentality.
Undoubtedly one of the most exciting and inspired horror movies ever made.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is one of cinema's most enduring masterpieces.
[That Wiene], this outsider, with no knowledge of studio customs, no reverence for studio traditions, should have turned out The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari seems a thing almost too strange for belief.
Audience Reviews for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari)
A terrifying and highly influential milestone of German Expressionism, and also a radically anti-bourgeois work of art that intended back then to express with its chilling stylized visuals the deepest feelings of a post-war society in crisis and in search of artistic innovation.
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An unforgettable masterpiece of German Expressionism.
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Beyond being an iconic milestone in the evolution of cinema, Robert Wiene's masterpiece is still as entertaining as ever. The truly great films never go out of style.

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) Quotes
Jane: | We who are of noble blood may not follow the wishes of our hearts. |
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