Robert Wiene was a great director for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The actors that he picked for the movie were perfect for the scenes he had them act in. The actor who played Dr. Caligari was Werner Krauss; every scene he played in was perfect, including the scary scenes and the dramatic ones. The other actors were Friedrich Feher as Francis, Conrad Veidt as Cesare, and Lil Dagover as Jane Olsen. That is just four of the many great German actors/actresses.
The story line to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was a little wacky the buildings were too sharp but interesting to look at.
The houses were the same but toward the end of the movie it all started to make sense but I won't tell how the movie ended because that's a spoiler and no one likes spoilers.
The year The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was released was 1920 the movie was fantastic I honestly think it's better than most movies in the 2015-2016 era the movie does not spoon feed you the details you have to be an active audience. Most people like movies that would spoon feed you. Those are the types of movies in the 2015-1016 era. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari does not spoon feed you because there are no words it's all emotion and the actions and what they're doing not really about what their saying but you also have to pay attention on how they look and what there wearing.
The only thing that I did not like about the film is that it started out a little slow. It didn't kick off very well and there dark overbearing costumes were a little to over the top and to outgoing. The special effects looked terrible and the shadow makeup didn't look right on their eyes the makeup was to dark and it made them look like they were tired and not trying to sink in their eyes.
All in all the movie was great after you get through the beginning of the film it will pull you in and grab your attention if you're paying attention you will begin to understand the film more and also begin to see the twist at the end. If not then you won't like the film to much but the actors/actresses were perfect for the film and the director did a fantastic job directing and I highly recommend this film to anyone that is interested in German Expressionism.
