The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film
gptkbp:awarded National Film Registry (U.S., 1992)
gptkbp:basedOn original screenplay
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:Willy_Hameister
gptkbp:color black-and-white
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Hermann_Warm
gptkb:Walter_Röhrig
gptkb:Walter_Reimann
gptkbp:director gptkb:Robert_Wiene
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:Decla-Bioscop
gptkbp:enteredInto Berlin International Film Festival (2014 restoration)
gptkbp:format 35mm
gptkbp:genre horror
silent film
expressionist film
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
gptkbp:influenced film noir
horror cinema
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:World_War_I
German Expressionist art
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Francis
gptkb:Jane
gptkb:Cesare
gptkb:Dr._Caligari
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Giuseppe_Becce
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:German_Expressionism
twist ending
gptkbp:notableScene distorted sets
sleepwalking Cesare
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Deutsche_Kinemathek
gptkbp:producer gptkb:Erich_Pommer
gptkbp:productionCompany gptkb:Decla-Bioscop
gptkbp:releaseYear 1920
gptkbp:restored 2014
gptkbp:runtime approx. 75 minutes
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Holstenwall
gptkbp:starredActor gptkb:Friedrich_Feher
gptkb:Hans_Heinrich_von_Twardowski
gptkb:Lil_Dagover
gptkb:Werner_Krauss
gptkb:Conrad_Veidt
gptkbp:theme madness
authority
unreliable narrator
gptkbp:writer gptkb:Hans_Janowitz
gptkb:Carl_Mayer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:German_Expressionist_Cinema
gptkb:The_Film_Detective
gptkb:Dagny_Servaes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7