The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
(1996, original release: 1919)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/FOREIGN/GERMAN/CABINET

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/FOREIGN/GERMAN/CABINET Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[Chatsworth, CA] : Image Entertainment, [1996]
EDITION
Special collector's edition
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color tinted ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
ID4099DSDVD
LANGUAGE
No linguistic content
NOTES

Videodisc release of the 1919 motion picture

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (72 min.) -- Genuine: a tale of a vampire (ca. 3 min.)

A somnambulist commits murders at a hypnotist's bidding in this German expressionist horror classic. Also featured on this videodisc is an excerpt of "Genuine: a tale of a vampire", a 1920 release which reunited "Caligari's" creative team

Includes "accurate new English translation titles ... a new musical score composed and conducted by Timothy Brock [which] was inspired by German avant-garde music from the early 20th century ... contains an exclusive audio essay by scholar Mike Budd and a selection of original graphic materials, accessed via the on screen menu."--Container

Title from disc label

Story and screenplay, Carl Mayer and Hans Janowitz ; design, Hermann Warm, Walter Reimann, Walter Rohrig ; photography, Willy Hameister

Werner Kraus, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Hans Feher, Hans von Twardowski

Not rated

DVD

Silent with musical accompaniment and English intertitles

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