Top Billed Cast
Werner Krauss
Dr. Caligari
Conrad Veidt
Cesare
Friedrich Fehér
Francis
Lil Dagover
Jane
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Alan
Rudolf Lettinger
Dr. Olsen
Henri Peters-Arnolds
Young Doctor (uncredited)
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Criminal (uncredited)
Hans Lanser-Rudolf
Old Man (uncredited)
Ludwig Rex
Murderer (uncredited)
Elsa Wagner
Landlady (uncredited)
Social
Review 2DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
8
Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
This is a seriously creepy affair that follows the story of the young "Franzis" (Friedrich Feher) who goes to a fairground one night with his friend "Alan" (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski). They happen upon the performance of the coffin-dwelling somnambulist prophesier "Cesare" (Conrad Veidt) and his spooky master "Dr. Caligari" (Werner Krauss). "Casare" - who is all but skeletal in appearance, portends looming disaster for "Alan", and when he is found murdered next morning suspicions turn to this enigmatic pair- even though there is no real "evidence" at all! Things take an even darker twist whe...
Media
Videos 6Backdrops 29Posters 50Recommendations
- 1922-02-16
Nosferatu77%
- 1920-10-28
The Golem: How He Came Into the World69%
- 1903-12-07
The Great Train Robbery70%
- 1925-12-24
Battleship Potemkin76%
- 1922-04-27
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler77%
- 1966-05-06
The Hero79%
- 1921-10-06
Destiny74%
- 1920-08-29
One Week79%
- 1932-01-01
Freaks78%
- 1915-02-08
The Birth of a Nation60%
- 1924-12-04
Greed74%
- 1946-05-21
A Day in the Country73%
- 1946-05-02
The Postman Always Rings Twice70%
- 1999-11-12
Ratcatcher71%
- 1923-10-01
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate68%
- 2020-09-09
Adolescents74%
- 1923-11-19
Our Hospitality75%
- 1962-11-16
The Damned63%
- 2001-09-03
Dog Days66%
- 1947-08-27
Kiss of Death70%
Facts
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
18000.00
Revenue
8811.00
Keywords
- insane asylum
- black and white
- silent film
- unreliable narrator
- expressionism
- somnambulist
- unreliable flashback
- megalomania
- madman
- somnambulism
- german expressionism
- ominous