- M / Cabinet of Dr.Caligari
- Runtime:2 hr. 54 min.
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M, 1931, 99 min. Peter Lorre is stupendous as the pathetic child murderer unsuccessfully hunted by the police in Fritz Lang’s impressive masterwork. The judicial heat generated by Lorre's killing spree incites the police-harassed denizens of the Berlin underworld to take matters into their own hands to find the culprit. CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, 1919, 75 min. Director Robert Weine's weird masterpiece is arguably the most striking and historically important work of German Expressionist silent cinema. Conrad Veidt is mesmerizing as Cesare, the pasty-faced somnabulist sent forth by psychotic asylum head, Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss) to do his evil bidding, specifically kidnapping beautiful waif, Jane (Lil Dagover).Read More
- Genres: Drama, Horror, Suspense/Thriller