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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)

Timing: 1:17 (77 min)

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Actors and characters

Character Dr. Caligari

Character Cesare

Character Francis

Lil Dagover

Character Jane

Character Alan

Rudolf Lettinger

Character Dr. Olsen

Henri Peters-Arnolds

Character Young Doctor (uncredited)

Character Criminal (uncredited)

Hans Lanser-Rudolf

Character Old Man (uncredited)

Ludwig Rex

Character Murderer (uncredited)

Elsa Wagner

Character Landlady (uncredited)

The film is considered the first full-fledged horror film.
The name Caligari was taken by the screenwriters from Stendhal's correspondence.
The film's unique artistic design and sets were created by Expressionist artists from the Der Sturm group – Hermann Warm, Walther Ryrikh, and Walter Reimann, who proposed the innovative idea that films should look like living drawings.
To disrupt the film's screening in the USA, competitors of the distribution company even organized protest marches by war veterans with the slogan, "We will not watch films made by America's enemies!"
Initially, Fritz Lang was supposed to direct the film, but he was busy with another project by the time filming began. However, it was Lang who came up with the idea of framing the film's plot with scenes in an insane asylum, thereby radically changing its interpretation.
To disrupt the film's screenings in the United States, competitors of the distribution company even organized protest marches by war veterans under the slogan "Let's not watch films made by America's enemies!"

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