FILM IN FOCUS: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

FILM IN FOCUS: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari


The well-known film from the German expressionist period describes the diabolic plotting of Dr. Caligari, the strange figure who enters and dominates the second half of this sequence.



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