The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920 film) - Directed by Robert Wiene - Full Movie

Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (German: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) is a 1920 German silent horror film, directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. Considered the quintessential work of German Expressionist cinema, it tells the story of an insane hypnotist (Werner Krauss) who uses a somnambulist (Conrad Veidt) to commit murders. The film features a dark and twisted visual style, with sharp-pointed forms, oblique and curving lines, structures and landscapes that lean and twist in unusual angles, and shadows and streaks of light painted directly onto the sets.

Directed by: Robert Wiene
Written by: Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz
Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Fehér, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinz v. Twardowski, Rudolf Lettinger
Cinematography: Willy Hameister
Distributed by: Decla-Bioscop
Release date: 26 February 1920 (Germany)
Running time: 74 minutes
Country: Germany
Languages: Silent film, German intertitles
Budget: $12,371
Box office: $4,713