Dr. Caligari

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Dr. Caligari is the sinister hypnotist and asylum director at the center of the classic German Expressionist horror film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari."

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Dr. Caligari canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist
asylum director
fictional character
film character
hypnotist
appearsIn The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
associatedWith insanity
murder
somnambulism
characterType mad doctor
villain
controls Cesare
countryOfOrigin Germany
createdBy Carl Mayer
Hans Janowitz
Robert Wiene
directorOfWork Robert Wiene
fictionalUniverse The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
firstAppearance The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
firstAppearanceDate 1920
genre German Expressionism
horror
hasTheme abuse of power
madness
manipulation
influencedByMovement German Expressionism
inspired later horror film villains
languageOfWork silent film
medium film
narrativeFunction symbol of authoritarian control
nationalityInFiction German
notableAppearanceStyle Expressionist visual design
notableFor using hypnosis to control a somnambulist
occupation asylum director
hypnotist
psychiatrist
partOf German silent cinema
portrayedBy Werner Krauss
roleInWork main antagonist
setting psychiatric asylum
title Doctor
workCountryOfOrigin Weimar Republic
workReleaseYear 1920

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Cesare associatedWith Dr. Caligari
Cesare controlledBy Dr. Caligari
Francis associatedWith Dr. Caligari
Francis opposes Dr. Caligari