Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

Robert Wiene

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari [videorecording]= The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Robert Wiene - United States Kino Video 2004, 2014 - 1 videodisc (74 min.) : silent, color tinted with black & white segments ; 4 3/4 in.

2004 edition supplemental features:
A 43-minute Condensation of Robert Wiene's Genuine: The Tale of a Vampire (1920)
Behind the scenes footage of Robert Wiene on the set of I.N.R.I
Gallery of more than 40 photos, posters and production sketches.

2014 edition bonus features:
Caligari: How Horror Came to Cinema (Documentary, 52 minutes)
Additional music score by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky
Image gallery
Restoration demonstration


From 2004 edition case cover:
The most brilliant example of that dark and twisted film movement known as German Expressionism, The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari is a plunge into the mind of insanity that severs all ties with the rational world. Director Robert Wiene and a team of designers crafted a nightmare realm in which light, shadow and substance are abstracted, a world a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community.

From 2014 edition case cover:
In 1920, one brilliant movie jolted the postwar masses and catapulted the movement known as German Expressionism into film history. That movie was The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a plunge into the mind of insanity that severs all ties with the rational world. Director Robert Wiene and a visionary team of designers crafted a nightmare realm in which light, shadow and substance are abstracted, a world in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community. This authoritative edition of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a 4K restoration scanned from the (mostly) preserved camera negative at the German Federal Film Archive. Available on DCP!




DVD video; Dolby Digital 1.0; monaural; NTSC; Regions 1; 1.33:1 as 4:3 fullscreen.


Silent with German intertitles, musical accompaniment and optional English subtitles.

PN1997 / .C335 1920