The Cabinet of Dr Caligari Live at Coney Island September 13, 2008

The Coney Island Film Society Presents: The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari with Live Piano Accompaniest Liz Magnes

Dir. Robert Wiene, 1920. In this silent, classic example of early German expressionism, this cinematic landmark relates the stylized tale of a Dr. Caligari, a fairground showman who hypnotizes an innocent villager--turning him into a sleepwalking "zombie"--and compels him to carry out fiendish murders. Inarguably a landmark in world cinema, Robert Weine's one-of-a-kind thriller features fantastical, heavily stylized sets, antirealist acting, and evocative subjective camerawork.

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