The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Sun, 29th January 2023, 2:00 pm 21st International Festival of Silent Film and Live Music Musical accompaniment: Black (sheep in a) Box and Glaswald Festival, Film Director: Robert Wiene, Germany 1920, 77 min. The film tells the story of the (alleged) showman Dr. Caligari. He appears one day in the small town of Holstenwall andthere, at the local fair, presents the sleepwalker Cesare, who suffers from a strange, trance-like illness. The latter appears one day in the small town of Holstenwall and presents at the fair there the sleepwalker Cesare, who suffers from a strange, trance-like illness. The scrawny, pale somnambulist tells the future to onlookers at the fair. At night, however, he prowls the city and commits horrible murders under the influence of his master. When Caligari becomes suspicious and flees, he seems to be cornered in an insane asylum by Francis, the friend of one of the victims. But the latter makes a terrible discovery: the insane Dr. Caligari is the director of the asylum. The film’s ambiguity is created by the frame story: Francis, who narrates the story of Caligari, is himself an inmate of the mental asylum….