Country:Germany

Director:Robert Weine

Program:Parralel Pathways

Summary:

This totally unique film brought German Expressionism to the world and is best remembered for its overall look: it has all the appearance of an amusement park fun house with strangely painted sets and kanted camera angles, distorted perspectives and extreme make-up. The story is marked by several framing devices: A man relates a story in which a friend and fiancée join him at a fair where they meet Dr. Caligari, who exhibits a somnambulist, Cesare, who predicts the future. A terrible prophecy is offered which comes to pass.