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Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema (2014)

Original title: Caligari — Wie der Horror ins Kino kam

2014-02-12 · 52m · DE
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On February 26, 1920, Robert Wiene's world-famous film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. To this day, it is considered a manifesto of German expressionism; a legend of cinema and a key work to understand the nature of the Weimar Republic and the constant political turmoil in which a divided society lived after the end of the First World War.

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Martin EnglerMartin EnglerSelf - Narrator (voice)Elisabeth BronfenElisabeth BronfenSelfErika GregorErika GregorSelfUlrich GregorUlrich GregorSelfRosa von der SchulenbergRosa von der SchulenbergSelf

Keywords

1920sCinemaGermanyExpressionismCinema on cinemaGerman historyRepublic of weimar

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Genre affinityTv Movie · History · DocumentaryTheme affinity1920s · Cinema · GermanyPacingShortDirector preference805070Actor preference818735 · 278302 · 832495Country preferenceDe

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On February 26, 1920, Robert Wiene's world-famous film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. To this day, it is considered a manifesto of German expressionism; a legend of cinema and a key work to understand the nature of the Weimar Republic and the constant political turmoil in which a divided society lived after the end of the First World War.

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Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema has a runtime of 52 minutes.