The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Starring: Conrad Veidt Director: Robert Wiene

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Also released as:
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Silent) for $5.95
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari for $17.96

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MYR 9327D

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DVD Features:

Rated: Unrated
Run Time: 52 minutes
Video: Black & White
Released: March 4, 2003
Originally Released: 1919
Label: Madacy Records
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Packaging: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
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Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Conrad Veidt
Performer:		Werner Krauss
Directed by		Robert Wiene

Memorable Quotes and Dialog:

"See the sleepwalker, floating down the street, ripped from some nightmare! A street of misshapen houses with brooding windows, streaked by dagger strokes of light and darkened by blots of shadow! You will immediately feel the terror in the movements of that floating grotesque!"

- from the American advertising campaign for "Caligari".

Entertainment Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly - 05/31/1996
"...Exhibit A for the whole German Expressionist movement....A classic." -- Rating: A

USA Today - 05/24/1996
"...This is an impressive color-tinted rendering of the German silent classic..."

Total Film - 12/01/2000
"...One of the first -- and still one of the greatest -- psychological horror movies..."

Sight and Sound - 04/01/2001
"...[An] eerie classic..."

Product Description:

In this silent, classic example of early German expressionism, this cinematic landmark relates the stylized tale of a Dr. Caligari, a fairground showman who hypnotizes an innocent villager--turning him into a sleepwalking "zombie"--and compels him to carry out fiendish murders. Inarguably a landmark in world cinema, Robert Weine's one-of-a-kind thriller features fantastical, heavily stylized sets, antirealist acting, and evocative subjective camerawork.

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Production Notes:

A silent film.
Producer Erich Pommer originally hired Fritz Lang to direct, but when Lang's busy schedule kept him from working on the film he was replaced by Robert Wiene. Pommer is responsible for writing the film's famous surprise ending.
The film's production cost is estimated at under $20,000.

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UPC: 056775085292
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
International Shipping: 1 item

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