DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI (Magical History Tour)

In the organizer's words:

Sun 8.9., 18h, At the piano: Eunice Martins
DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI Robert Wiene D 1920 35 mm dt. ZT 72'
It is the slanted lines, the crooked walls and distorted perspectives that make up the iconic "Caligari look", but also: the painted shadows. They are artificially applied to jagged streets, floors and walls in apartments; even the cast shadows on the face of showman Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauß) come from expressionist chiaroscuro brushstrokes with which the small town of Holstenwall is lined. The attraction of the local fair is the somnambulist Cesare (Conrad Veidt), who wanders through the small town murdering at night.