The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
"You must become Caligari!"
Critics Score
🎬 96%
(RT: 96%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Werner Krauss as Dr. Caligari
Conrad Veidt as Cesare
Friedrich Fehér as Francis
Lil Dagover as Jane
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Alan
Rudolf Lettinger as Dr. Olsen
Henri Peters-Arnolds as Young Doctor (uncredited)
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Criminal (uncredited)
Is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari good?
Yes. 89% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 96%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
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What Reddit Thinks
r/horror
Top comment: "The Student of Prague (1913) 1hr 25 min. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) 1 he 16 min"
r/movies
Top comment: "It's not just Ebert, it's pretty universally considered the first horror film."
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Top comment: "It's one of the greatest movies of all time, up there with Face/Off and Paddington 2."