Das Cabinett des Dr. Caligari/ The Cabinet of Doctor Cali♒gari (1920), oversized single weight, silver gelatin, matt finish photograph, first US release (192꧟1)

Unframed: 11 x 14 in. (28 x 36 cm)

Framed: 16 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (41.2 x 49 cm)

These very rare oversized phot🤡ographs from this 1920 masterpiece hardly ever surface.

This famous German silent horror film, directed by Robert Wiene, is considered the ultimate work of German Expressionist cinema.♚ It tells the story of an insane hypnotist, Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss) who uses Cesare (Conrad Veidt), a sleepwalker, to commit murders. The film contains all the qualities of German Expressionist cinema - it is dark and twisted, with distorted imagery, unusual angles, curving lines, and unconventi🍃onal perspectives. All this creates a very unnerving feel and a true work of art. Wiene said of Dr. Caligari: "The film must be crazy from the beginning - in every way. Nothing must be normal... and then it will work. Whether the press then tear us apart or whether it is a great success, we shall see. But either way, it's worth it."