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Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema

  • 2014
  • TMDB 6.7/10
  • 52m

On February 26, 1920, Robert Wiene's world-famous film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. To this day, it is considered a manifesto of German expressionism; a legend of cinema and a key work to understand the nature of the Weimar Republic and the constant political turmoil in which a divided society lived after the end of the First World War.

Overview

On February 26, 1920, Robert Wiene's world-famous film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. To this day, it is considered a manifesto of German expressionism; a legend of cinema and a key work to understand the nature of the Weimar Republic and the constant political turmoil in which a divided society lived after the end of the First World War.

Cast

  • Martin EnglerSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • Elisabeth BronfenSelf
  • Erika GregorSelf
  • Ulrich GregorSelf
  • Rosa von der SchulenbergSelf - art historian

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