The Cabinet of Dr Caligari: Analysis of Film Form, Aesthetics and Context

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari was a huge international hit on release in 1920. For the post-war German film industry facing a hostile international market, this was a huge commercial achievement and led to a decade of innovation and creativity in Weimar cinema. A huge influence on both the art film and the horror genre, Caligari is a tangle of contradictions; a blockbuster that became an essential text in the history of cinema. You can find my analysis of another Weimar classic, Nosferatu at    • Nosferatu: Analysis of Film Form, Auteur C...