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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari [videorecording]= Robert Wiene

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmSummary language: English Original language: German Subtitle language: German, English Publication details: United States Kino Video 2004, 2014Description: 1 videodisc (74 min.) : silent, color tinted with black & white segments ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Uniform titles:
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .C335 1920
Summary: 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!
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DVD - Video DVD - Video SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-A: DVD Cabinet A PN1997 .C335 1920 Available 2004 Edition. Silent with German intertitles, musical accompaniment and optional English subtitles. 000982
DVD - Video DVD - Video SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-A: DVD Cabinet A PN1997 .C335 1920 Available 2014 Edition. Silent with German intertitles, musical accompaniment and optional English subtitles. 000631

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.

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