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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920
· Movie
· 67 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #455
- IMDb #359
- Rotten Tomatoes #301
- Letterboxd #475
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #316
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #664
Every rating
62–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A hypnotist and somnambulist arrives at a German mountain village, presenting Cesare, a sleepwalker who can predict the future. The narrator suspects that the mysterious Dr. Caligari is using Cesare to commit a series of murders in the town, leading him on a investigation into the doctor's secrets.
Details
- Director
- Robert Wiene
- Writers
- Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz
- Released
- 27 February 1920
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- None, German
- Runtime
- 67 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $18.0K
- Box office
- $8.8K
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Awards
2 wins & 1 nomination total
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