The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. 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. From TMDB
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60 of 206 · most liked firstTrump's speech lasted 70 minutes. That's 3 minutes longer than the silent German expressionist masterpiece, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. And much like that film - he was weird and nightmarish while saying nothing at all.
unlabelledView post →GENUINE (1920), Robert Weine's stylistically extreme follow-up to THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI, invites feminist interpretation, especially if you manage to see the full cut of the film (most versions on the US market are abridged)
unlabelledView post →On this day (22nd December) in 1983, the Scala Cinema was showing M, The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari and Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror as a triple bill.
unlabelledView post →Not until right this moment, after having seen both films numerous times, did I connect that Conrad Veidt, Cesare the Somnabulist in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” and Conrad Veidt, Major Strasser from “Casablanca,” are the same person. Wowza!
unlabelledView post →The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) A silent German horror film directed by Robert Wiene. It is the quintessential work of early German Expressionist cinema.
unlabelledView post →The silent horror film classic ‘The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari’ starring Conrad Veidt was released to cinemas in Argentina on this day 105 years ago 😶🌫️ ☠️ 😱 #OTD
unlabelledView post →Modern film "restorers" when they realize the shadows in THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI were painted on, which means they can't up the brightness until they are gone
unlabelledView post →I know #horrorwatch watched The Cabinet of Dr Caligari tonight and it seems apropos to share that yesterday at the Tamara de Lempicka exhibit I went to, they had this painting and said that the film was one of her inspirations for it:
unlabelledView post →Rewatched 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' because of Worthikids lol Crazy that this movie is 105 years old. I first watched it during university and honesty didn't get just how primordial & influential it was... Now I get how the Thief games are heavily inspired on this.
unlabelledView post →The angled warping & shifting perspective of the building shapes are quite reminiscent of some of the style associated w/ German Expressionism of the 1920s & 30s. These are original set design illustrations for the classic 1920 silent film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari".
unlabelledView post →This Saturday at 9:30pm at the @paristheaternyc.bsky.social, I'll be introducing the German Expressionist classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. If you've never seen it on a big screen, this 1920 silent continues to be WILD & go like gangbusters w/ audiences: www.paristheaternyc.com/film/the-cab...
unlabelledView post →Watch The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the Influential German Expressionist Horror Film (1920) www.openculture.com/2024/10/watc...
unlabelledView post →#filmsky #moviesky #silents #horror #GermanExpressionism #OTD What is widely considered the first feature-length horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), was released 106 years ago today.
unlabelledView post →Yesterday’s movie poster snippet: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920 Did the movie deliver on what the poster promised?
unlabelledView post →Tonight's #horrorwatch is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a film I have never actually sat down and watched but which I have Bittersweet Associations with, nonetheless. Gather 'round for a story that I will probably delete later, but whatever--
unlabelledView post →My 1st movie watch for Spooky Season 2026: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
unlabelledView post →spent three years going frame-by-frame to meticulously correct every wrong angle in The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari and the first film institute I offered this new restored and definitive version to sent me a link to the Wikipedia entry for something called “German Expressionism”
unlabelledView post →Robert Wiene. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. 1920. Film
unlabelledView post →my favorite thing in the Deutsche Kinemathek was this model of the film studio The Cabinet of Dr Caligari was shot in, including actors, cameramen and little dudes moving lights.
unlabelledView post →Tomorrow on the Main Feed: what's black and white and German all over? Apparently our oldest film *ever* as we cross off the surreal classic, THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI, for its 105th anniversary.
unlabelledView post →Plotting next weekend's London trip. A rare screening of the final film by Robert 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' Wiene, plus intro + live score with viola, piano and percussion? Booked it, mate...
unlabelledView post →New Bigtop Burger episode came out yesterday and now I've found myself watching The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari after seeing the comments talk about it I've also realized watching this that I don't think I've actually watched a silent movie before, at least not in full. If I have I've forgotten lmao
unlabelledView post →Tonight's Movie in the Heavy Metal Discord Movie Night: "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920) This is perhaps the oldest movie we've watched... but also the most creative and innovative it seems? Come watch! discord.gg/DHtGKkuF?eve...
unlabelledView post →The influential silent horror film classic ‘The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari’ starring Conrad Veidt was released to theaters in New York City 105 years ago this week 😶🌫️ ☠️ 😱 #OTD
unlabelledView post →The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) A silent German horror film directed by Robert Wiene. It is the quintessential work of early German Expressionist cinema.
unlabelledView post →Watch The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the Influential German Expressionist Horror Film (1920) www.openculture.com/2024/10/watc...
unlabelledView post →GENUINE: A TALE OF A VAMPIRE Fern Andra (right) as the title character. Walter Riemann, who designed sets for Wiene’s previous film The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, also did the sets on this film. www.imdb.com/title/tt0011...
unlabelledView post →The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is my favorite silent film btw. Maybe I should see German classic films more.
unlabelledView post →Here's another FREE movie for y'all to watch! The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was considered one of the first horror movies ever! I particularly enjoy this one! I hope you do too!
unlabelledView post →"I used AI to add voices to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari because people have a hard time connecting to a silent film!" is the obvious next step.
unlabelledView post →Watch The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the Influential German Expressionist Film (1920) www.openculture.com/2013/10/the-...
unlabelledView post →31 days of horror history and I’m starting with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. This 1920s horror classic is known as the first real horror movie ever made. #horrorhistory #31daysofhorror #silentera
unlabelledView post →Wake up! Michael Shannon will star in a remake of the 1920 horror silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari:
unlabelledView post →"There Will Be Blood" is a disservice to "Oil!". The Upton Sinclair classic is filled with labor relations, leftist struggle sessions, and disproving American imperial propaganda, but we get a movie about mean oil man doing mean things. What a travesty and an erasure of Sinclair's message. The man could layer irony on so thick that it would make Chapos jealous. Has anyone here read the book, and, if so, what are your favorite passages? Mine is: >Someone mentioned another stunt of the returned…
unlabelledView post →Actor Conrad Veidt, in a portrait shot as Cesare the Somnambulist in the 1920 film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" by Robert Wiene.
unlabelledView post →Film is (usually) more detailed than the 4K resolution, so they go back to original negatives or well preserved prints. In general, movies shot on film stand to gain more from the format than digital ones. There are fantastic looking silent era 4Ks, like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari!
unlabelledView post →Today is National Silent Movie Day! Time to revisit Nosferatu or The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - or perhaps both? Häxan’s never a bad choice, either!
unlabelledView post →Move night! A late start to the movie week because I haven't been home until today. This week's theme is German Classics! 📽️ Starting off VERY classic with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) As always, @xshike.bsky.social is watching with me!
unlabelledView post →Flashback Friday! A series of movie monster drawings I did between 2008-2010. Frankenstein, May 2008 The Witches, May 2008 King Kong, July 2010 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, August 2010
unlabelledView post →Since I'm sick and not supposed to be writing, I've instead decided to do another movie screening tonight in the Discord server. We're watching The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and Nosferatu (1922). discord.gg/CSheec7A?eve...
unlabelledView post →1923. CHI TO REI (Blood and Souls). That’s right, baby: the first Japanese movie visually inspired by Robert Wiene’s THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI! Expressionist designs ftw! And directed by Kenji Mizoguchi (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_M...), no less! I must see this film. 26/
unlabelledView post →The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) A silent German horror film directed by Robert Wiene. It is the quintessential work of early German Expressionist cinema.
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) #Horror #Movies #Film
unlabelledView post →Stay away from that sideshow attraction and watch out for murderous sleepwalkers because we're discussing Robert Weine's classic 1920 silent film THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, believed by many to be the first true horror film ever made!
unlabelledView post →#MovieMadness #MovieChallenge Day 12: Movie that changed you most... Intro to Film, in art school; this is on the short list of things that blew my mind wide open creatively. 🖤 The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, 1920
unlabelledView post →Favourite film from every decade: 20s The Cabinet of Dr Caligari 30s King Kong 40s The Maltese Falcon 50s Pickpocket 60s If.... 70s Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 80s Do the Right Thing 90s The Thin Red Line 00s Children of Men 10s Under the Skin 20s The Eternal Daughter
unlabelledView post →I did not have a "remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari starring Michael Shannon" remake on my 2026 Bingo card. "Contemporary reimagining" rarely translates into anything interesting. bloody-disgusting.com/movie/393288...
unlabelledView post →At the Boise Egyptian Theater for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920 Robert Wiene) and Phantom of the Opera (1925, dir. Rupert Julian, with live music by the Invincible Czars.
unlabelledView post →The 75 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time. "In Wes Craven’s “Scream” — not quite the definitive horror movie but certainly the definitive account of horror fandom — final girl Sidney famously responds to the question of whether she likes scary movies with a resounding no. “What’s the point? They’re all the same,” she says through the phone to the movie’s slasher. “Some stupid killer stalking some big-breasted girl who can’t act who is always running up the stairs when she should be running out…
unlabelledView post →The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is one of the most striking and influential films ever made, and people have been arguing about how to interpret it for over a century--let's talk about the visuals, the frame story, art, politics, and more!
unlabelledView post →February 26, 1920: German silent horror film classic "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" starring Werner Krauss is released.
unlabelledView post →In memory of Conrad Veidt, beloved and premiere German-British classic film actor, on his 133rd birthday, very popular for roles in such films as THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, A WOMAN'S FACE, and CASABLANCA, among others. He was #BOTD on 1/22/1893 and passed away on 4/3/1943.
unlabelledView post →New Fancy Movie Time up on the Patreon, this one all about that one silent film that seems to have single-handedly shaped Tim Burton's entire career: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).
unlabelledView post →My wife and I are about to see "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" in theaters with a live orchestra and 👀👀👀👀👀👀
unlabelledView post →If you like weird stuff...like I do, watch this silent film from 1920. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is definitely a vibe. You can thank me later. 🫣 #1920s #silentfilm #horror #scary youtu.be/IP0KB2XC29o?...
unlabelledView post →The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (Huge influence on film and all future special effects) Diabolique (1955) (For perfecting the twist) 2001: A Space Oddity (For it's groundbreaking use of cinematography)
unlabelledView post →He was studying film at Berkeley. I was visiting him where he lived in San Francisco, and he was working on a project that included The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. I spent some time with him while he was watching and got some "You Wouldn't Understand" vibes
unlabelledView post →Movie years project Year 1920 (33/122) Movie #3/11 Now Watching 📽️ The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari dir. Robert Wiene rec'd by @lurchingbeast.bsky.social, @slywit.bsky.social, and @streetsajed.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →Day 3: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) #31daysofhorror #film #filmsky (Looking at this again, I wonder if Kubrick took inspiration from here for the text on the walls of the Korova milk bar in A Clockwork Orange?)
unlabelledView post →TRIVIA: ‘The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari’ was made before “Horror” was even a designated genre. It is often cited as the first true horror film, although other films with elements of the macabre had been made earlier. (IMDB) 🖤
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