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Das cabinet des Dr. Caligari : ein filmspiel in 6 Akten / von Carl Mayer und Hans Janowitz ; hergestellt von der DECLA film-gesellschaft Berlin ; regie, Robert Wiene.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Wiene, Robert, film director, director.
Mayer, Carl, 1894-1944, screenwriter, screenwriter.
Janowitz, Hans, screenwriter, screenwriter.
Veidt, Conrad, 1893-1943, actor, actor.
Krauss, Werner, 1884-1959, actor, actor.
Feher, Friedrich, actor, actor.
Dagover, Lil, actor, actor.
DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, composer (expression), composer.
Decla Film-Gesellschaft, production company, producer.
Kino Classics (Firm), film distributor, distributor.
Language:
English
German
No linguistic content
Subjects (All):
Sleepwalking--Drama.
Sleepwalking.
Circus performers--Drama.
Circus performers.
Murder--Drama.
Murder.
Hypnotism and crime.
Hypnotism and crime--Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Horror films.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Expressionist films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound; black and white (color tinted) ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Title:
Title on container: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2014]
Language Note:
Silent with German intertitles and optional English subtitles and 2 added musical scores.
System Details:
DVD, region 1, NTSC, fullscreen (1.33:1 aspect ratio).
digital optical
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1
Summary:
Two men on a park bench discuss the story of Cesare, a sleep-walking circus performer under the control of the murderous Dr. Caligari. But all, of course, is not quite as it seems. Silent film from 1920.
Participant:
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Fehér, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinz v. Twardowski, Rudolph Lettinger.
Credits:
Photographer, Willy Hameister ; art direction, Hermann Warm, Walter Reimann, Walter Röhring.
Notes:
"4K restoration scanned from the (mostly) preserved camera negative at the German Federal Film Archive."--container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1920.
Bonus features: Booklet essay by Kristin Thompson; Caligari: how horror came to the cinema (documentary, 52 min.); additional music score by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky; image gallery; restoration demonstrations.
Contains:
Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (Motion picture)
Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (Motion picture). English.
Caligari: how horror came to the cinema.
OCLC:
894261212
Publisher Number:
738329151423
K1514 Kino Classics

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