Silent film with English adaptations of the original title cards. Videocassette release of 1919 motion picture by Decla-Bioscop. Title from cassette label. Color tinted and digitally mastered. Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover, Friedrich Feher, Rudolf Klein-Rogge.
Summary:
A young man named Francis suspects that Dr. Caligari - the travelling hypnotist who performs with his sleep-walking assistant Cesare - is a murderer. He believes that Cesare also kills while under the doctor's spell. Francis' sweetheart Jane is attacked and carried off by Cesare, but she manages to escape. During the search for her, Francis goes to an insane asylum hoping to find Cesare and discovers that the director of the asylum is none other than the insane Dr. Caligari.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)41599066
Locations:
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
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