The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Spanish Subtitlesbr Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (original title)br Not Rated | 1h 7min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | 19 March 1921 Germanybr Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders. Considered the quintessential work of German Expressionist cinema, it tells the story of an insane hypnotist (Werner Krauss) who uses a somnambulist (Conrad Veidt) to commit murders. The film features a dark and striking visual style, with sharp-pointed forms, oblique and curving lines, structures and landscapes that lean and twist in unusual angles, and shadows and streaks of light painted directly onto the sets.