The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
(1920)
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. It is the annual fair in Holstenwall. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep. When Alan asks Cesare about his future, Cesare answers that he will die before dawn. The next morning Alan is found dead. Francis suspects Cesare of being the murderer, and starts spying on him and Dr. Caligari.
6 Kinolab Clips
Francis and Jane
Francis remembers the ordeals that Jane and he went through.
Clip #: 1, Contributor: Ishani Agarwal
Cesare Awakens
Cesare the somnambulist awakens and delivers an eerie prophecy.
Clip #: 2, Contributor: Ishani Agarwal
Francis Accuses The Director
An unstable Francis accuses the asylum director of being Dr. Caligari.
Clip #: 4, Contributor: Ishani Agarwal
Cesare Abducts Jane (The Somnambulist’s Awakening)
Under the hypnotic control of Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss), the somnambulist Cesare (Conrad Veidt) awakens from his coffin-like box and sneaks into Jane’s (Olga Belajeff) bedroom. Ordered to kill her, he hesitates, mesmerized by her beauty, and instead carries her into the distorted streets of Holstenwall.
Duration: 00:01:03
Timestamp: 00:01:49
Contributor: chantal béliveau
Cesare Visits Jane
Cesare (Conrad Viedt) abducts Jane (Lil Dagover) from her home and carries her away.
Duration: 00:04:12
Timestamp: 00:42:53
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Becoming Caligari
Driven mad with obsession, the asylum director (Werner Krauss) decides to imitate Dr. Caligari.
Duration: 00:01:27
Timestamp: 01:01:44
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza