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Lil Dagover (left) and Friedrich Fehér (right).
Photo: Silent Era low-res collection. |
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
(The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)
AKA The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in the USA and the United Kingdom : {Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari}
(1920) German
B&W : Five reels / 4682 feet
Directed by Robert Wiene
Cast: Werner Krauss [Dr. Caligari], Conrad Veidt [Cesare], Friedrich Fehér [Franzis], Lil Dagover [Jane], Hans Heinz von Twardowski, Rudolf Lettinger; Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Decla Film-Ges Holz & Company production. / Produced by Erich Pommer. Scenario by Carl Mayer and Hans Janowitz, from a story by Hans Janowitz. Art direction and set design by Hermann Warm, Walther Reimann and Walter Röhrig. Costume design by Walther Reimann. Cinematography by Willy Hameister [?] + Karl Freund? / Premiere January 1920 in Berlin, Germany. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Dagover’s film debut. The film originally had intertitles shot in an angular style to be consistent with the angles in the film’s sets. The film was released in the USA by Goldwyn Distributing Corporation.
Drama: Horror.
Survival Status: Print exists [35mm positive].
Keywords: Expressionism - Hypnotism - Insane asylums - Insanity
Listing updated: 17 August 2007.
References: Film viewing : Amberg-NYTimes p. 3; Aylesworth-Monsters pp. 76-79, 137; Baer-Film p. 37; Bardèche-History pp. 46, 88, 150, 179, 188, 190, 191-192, 194, 195, 227, 251, 375; Barry-Griffith p. 46; Bogdanovich-Dwan p. 50; Bohn-Light pp. xxi, 122, 124-126, 127, 129, 133, 138, 160; Brownlow-Parade pp. 510, 524; Card-Seductive pp. 12, 62, 65-71, 78, 81; Everson-American pp. 4, 14, 58, 173-174, 317, 323; FilmDaily-1926 pp. 20-21; Gallagher-Ford p. 51; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 76; Jensen-Lang pp. 12, 19-20, 22, 23-24, 26, 33, 38, 41, 68, 90, 111, 135, 146, 156; Kael-Kiss pp. 242-243, 317; Kerr-Silent pp. 28, 282; Lahue-Collecting pp. 9, 34-35, 48; Leish-Cinema p. 33; Limbacher-Feature p. 35; Maltin-Guide p. 175; Manchel-Terrors pp. 21-25, 34-36, 42; Marrero-Vintage pp. 8, 13, 25, 43, 156; McGhee-Wayne pp. 108, 242; Nollen-Karloff pp. 33, 48, 120; Perry-British pp. 50, 52; Sarris-Sternberg p. 6; Shipman-Cinema p. 70; Sinyard-Silent pp. 154, 159, 161; Sklar-Movie pp. 100, 292, 306; Taylor-Hitchcock p. 41 : Cinemonkey-16 p. 18.
Home Video: DVD.
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