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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari : 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.

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character development, chiaroscuro, depth of field, expressive mise-en-scene, framing, full shot, iris, long shot, low-key lighting, mask, music, nondiegetic, psychological setting, setting, single-camera (single-cam), sound, nondiegetic, theatrical mise-en-scene

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"Cesare Abducts Jane (The Somnambulist’s Awakening)" in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Directed by Robert Wiene, Decla Film Gesellschaft Holz & Co., 1920, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3466

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