Das cabinet des Dr. Caligari
Germany,
1919
Shown in 1999
CREDITS
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Robert Wiene, Carl Mayer
- source
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Filmmuseum, Münchner Stadtmuseum, St.-Jakobs- Platz 1, D-80331 München, Germany. FAX: 49-89-2332-391
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COMMENTS
Shown with From Morn to Midnight in honor of Enno Patalas, the 1999 recipient of the Mel Novikoff Award. Enno Patalas appeared in person.
OTHER
For years Dr. Caligari was known only in black-and-white, but the restored film has been given back both its original color tints and tones and its original hand-printed titles with their distinctive Fraktur lettering and background graphics designed to match the decor. The result is a revitalized Caligari which regains its authority as the catalyst that triggered German Expressionism in film. The famous trompe l’oeil effects—the tricky interplay between painted, artificial and natural light and the endless regressions of teasing illusions—are now made visible in a matchless, sparkling print.
—Russell Merritt
FACTOID #222
The SFIFF has honored some of cinema’s best lensers with tributes, including James Wong Howe (1974), Gabriel Figueroa (1984), Nestor Alemendros (1986), Ernest Dickerson (1991) and John Alton (1994). Cinematographer Haskell Wexler received a tribute as a featured filmmaker in the New Directors series, when he appeared with his directorial debut, Medium Cool.
