BackDas Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
(book in English)
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- One Film > The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- Robert Wiene, expressionism
- Publishing Date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BFI Publishing
- Collection
- BFI Film Classics
- Language
- English
Dimensions
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 96 pages • 16 €
5.25 x 7.5 inches (13.5 x 19 cm) - ISBN
- 978-1-8445-7649-4
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Book Presentation:
With its jagged, stylised sets, menacing shadows and themes of murder, madness and delirium, Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920) remains the source and essence of German Expressionist cinema. Fusing carnival spectacle with the paranoia of the psychological thriller, it centres on the haunting, sexually ambivalent presence of Conrad Veidt as Cesare – the somnambulist exploited as
an instrument by the sinister Dr. Caligari.
David Robinson challenges long accepted versions of the history and reception of Caligari and redefines its relationship to the larger phenomenon of Expressionist art. His reassessment of the relative contributions of director, designers and writers becomes a fascinating detective story, as he investigates the status and significance of the single surviving copy of the original script, which came to light only in the late 1980s when almost all those involved in the production were dead.
This second edition features a new introduction that considers the place of German Expressionist cinema within the European revival of Gothic at the turn of the twentieth century, and original cover artwork by Ben Goodman.
See the publisher website: BFI Publishing
Previous edition
Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari (1997)
Publisher: BFI Publishing
(old edition)(in English)
Subject: One Film > The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
> From the same author:
Chaplin (2006)
by David Robinson and Paul Duncan
(in English, French and German)
Subject: Director > Charlie Chaplin
> On a related topic:
Le Cinéma expressionniste allemand (2006)
Splendeurs d'une collection
by Marianne de Fleury, Laurent Mannoni, Bernard Eisenschitz and Thomas Elsaesser
Le Cinéma expressionniste (2009)
De Caligari à Tim Burton
Collective dir. Jacques Aumont and Bernard Bénoliel
Subject: History of Cinema
Le Cabinet du docteur Caligari / Le Cauchemar de Dracula (1975)
Spécial fantastique
Collective
Subject: One Film > The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Horror of Dracula
Les Grandes Ecoles esthétiques (1990)
Collective dir. Guy Hennebelle and Alain Virmaux
Subject: General
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