100 years of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: the film that inspired Virginia Woolf, David Bowie and Tim Burton
- Written by Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
Decla-Bioscop AG
Berlin. February 26 1920. A new silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, is released to unsuspecting German audiences and quickly becomes a worldwide sensation. “When will I die?” asks one character to another. “At first dawn” is the chilling reply.
Werner Krauss plays Dr. Caligari, a demented hypnotist...