Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Nov 18, 2023 7pm - 9pm
Details
AFI’s Silent Cinema Showcase returns with another selection of newly restored screen classics and rare gems from the silent era.
With its bizarre angles and aura of insanity, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI is the ultimate German Expressionist movie — a psychological thriller with stylized sets, distorting mirrors and a cruel chiaroscuro. Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss), a pretentious fairground huckster, arrives in a new town along with the mysterious Cesare (Conrad Veidt), a somnambulist who, in his trancelike state, carries out unspeakable crimes at the diabolical doctor's command. "[The sets] vibrate with an extraordinary spirituality…but what matters is the states of anxiety and terror." – Lotte Eisner.
