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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

1920
Germany
feature film - Horror
71 min. (1780 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Werner Krauß (Dr. Caligari); Conrad Veidt (Cesare); Friedrich Fehér (Francis); Lil Dagover (Jane); Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (Alan); Rudolf Lettinger (Dr. Olsen); Rudolf Klein-Rogge (Criminal); Hans Lanser-Rudolff (Old Man on Bench); Henri Peters-Arnolds (Young Doctor); Ludwig Rex (Murderer); Elsa Wagner (Landlady)

Direction

Director: Robert Wiene

Assistant director: Rochus Gliese

Writing

Screenplay: Carl Mayer; Hans Janowitz

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Willy Hameister

Optical effects: Ernst Kunstmann

Decor

Production design: Hermann Warm; Walter Reimann; Walter Röhrig

Costume design: Walter Reimann

Music

Music: Peter Schirmann (1964); Giuseppe Becce (Uraufführung); Lothar Prox (1985)

Production

Producer: Erich Pommer; Rudolf Meinert

Unit production manager: Rudolf Meinert

Companies

Production company: Decla-Film-Ges. Holz