The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
In 1920, one brilliant movie jolted the postwar masses and catapulted the German Expressionist film movement into history. That movie was The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a plunge into the mind of insanity that severs all ties with the rational world. Director Robert Wiene and a team of visionary designers crafted a nightmare realm in which light, shadow and substance are abstracted, a world in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community. This authoritative edition presents the F. W. Murnau Stiftung’s meticulous 4K restoration of the film, with a new orchestral score by Emmy®-winning composer Jeff Beal (House of Cards), which had its premiere performance at Carnegie Hall on June 3, 2024.
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- 2014 Orchestral Score (4KUHD & Blu-ray, 2.0 stereo)
- Caligari: How Horror Came to the Cinema (Blu-ray, 52 min.)
- Restoration Demonstration (Blu-ray)
- Audio commentary by composer Jeff Beal (4K UHD & Blu-ray)
- Audio description for the vision-impaired (4K UHD & Blu-ray)