The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
“You must become Caligari!”
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime
Studio
Decla Film Gesellschaft Holz & Co.
Language
de
Status
Released
How The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari performed
Budget
$18,000
Worldwide Gross
$8,811
Gross Profit
−$9,189
Return
0.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Dr. Caligari
Werner Krauss
Dr. Caligari
Cesare
Conrad Veidt
Cesare
Francis
Friedrich Fehér
Francis
Jane
Lil Dagover
Jane
Alan
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Alan
Dr. Olsen
Rudolf Lettinger
Dr. Olsen
Young Doctor (uncredited)
Henri Peters-Arnolds
Young Doctor (uncredited)
Criminal (uncredited)
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Criminal (uncredited)
Old Man (uncredited)
Hans Lanser-Rudolf
Old Man (uncredited)
Murderer (uncredited)
Ludwig Rex
Murderer (uncredited)
Landlady (uncredited)
Elsa Wagner
Landlady (uncredited)
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