German director Rober Wiene’s silent feature The Cabinet of Dr Caligari was released 100 years ago this week.
The film considered one of the most influential horrors of all time has just celebrated its centenary.
Intriguingly, the film’s twist ending is claimed to have been forced into the plot against the writers’ will.
Since its release in 1920, the film has been considered a defining film of the German Expressionist cinema movement, alongside others directed by FW Murnau (Nosferatu, 1922) and Fritz Lang (Metropolis, 1927).
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) [Silent Movie] [Horror]