The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari

A young man named Francis suspects that Dr.Caligari --the travelling hypnotist who performs with his sleepwalking assistant Cesare --is a murderer. He believes that Cesare also kills while under the doctor's spell. Francis' sweetheart Jane is attacked and carried off by Cesare, but she manages to escape. During a search to find her, Francis goes to an insane asylum hoping to find Cesare and discovers the director of the asylum is none other than Dr. Caligari. It is then revealed that Francis himself is a patient in a mental institution and, among the faces of the other inmates, we see Jane and Cesare.

WIENE, Robert

1919

DVD

German w/ English subtitles

Feature Film (F)

C32 1919 DVD

75 min.