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.
Keywords:
Insane asylum
Black and white
Silent film
Unreliable narrator
Expressionism
Somnambulist
Megalomania
Madman
Somnambulism
German expressionism
Ominous
Movie tag line: "You must become Caligari!"
Character: Dr. Caligari
Character: Cesare
Character: Francis
Character: Jane
Character: Alan