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The cabinet of Dr. Caligari / Film Preservation Associates ; production company, Decla Film Gesellschaft, Berlin ; director, Robert Wiene.
LIBRA DVD PN1995.75 .C335 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Blackhawk Films collection
- Standardized Title:
- Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (Motion picture). English.
- Language:
- English
- German
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Insanity (Law)--Drama.
- Insanity (Law).
- Sleepwalking--Drama.
- Sleepwalking.
- Hypnotism--Drama.
- Hypnotism.
- Murder--Drama.
- Murder.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Short films.
- Silent films -- Germany.
- Feature films -- Germany.
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Short films
- Video recordings
- Drama
- Expressionist films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Film excerpts
- Horror films
- Silent films
- Silent films.
- Expressionist films.
- Horror films.
- Film excerpts.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
- plastic
- 4 3/4 in.
- stamping
- Edition:
- Special collector's edition.
- Other Title:
- Original title: Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
- Place of Publication:
- [Chatsworth, CA] : Image Entertainment, [1996]
- Language Note:
- Silent film with musical accompaniment and English intertitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; stereo; digitally mastered.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- A somnambulist commits murders at a hypnotist's bidding in this German expressionist horror classic. Also featured on this videodisc is an excerpt of "Genuine: a tale of a vampire", a 1920 release which reunited "Caligari's" creative team.
- Contents:
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (72 min.)
- Genuine: a tale of a vampire (ca. 3 min.).
- Participant:
- Werner Kraus, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Hans Feher, Hans von Twardowski.
- Credits:
- Story and screenplay, Carl Mayer and Hans Janowitz ; design, Hermann Warm, Walter Reimann, Walter Rohrig ; photography, Willy Hameister.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1919.
- Includes "accurate new English translation titles ... a new musical score composed and conducted by Timothy Brock [which] was inspired by German avant-garde music from the early 20th century ... contains an exclusive audio essay by scholar Mike Budd and a selection of original graphic materials, accessed via the on screen menu."--Container
- Contains:
- Container of: Genuine (Motion picture). Selections.
- OCLC:
- 39035630
- Publisher Number:
- 014381409925
- ID4099DSDVD Image Entertainment
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