The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

At a German fairground, a sinister hypnotist named Dr. Caligari exhibits a somnambulist called Cesare who can predict the future — and whom Caligari uses as an instrument of murder. Told through an unreliable narrator, the film's shocking twist ending reframes the entire story and blurs the line between madness and reality. A foundational work of German Expressionist cinema, its jagged, angular sets and deeply shadowed visuals defined a visual language of dread that influenced horror filmmaking for a century.

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