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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Directed by Robert Wiene · Cinematography by Willy Hameister

67 min60 frames

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari — official trailer

What is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari about?

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.

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What does the cinematography of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari look like?

Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari leans on medium shots (52% of the sample) and full-body frames (23%). Cinematographer Willy Hameister keeps 63% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 65% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 62% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1920s.

What is the color palette of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) are #090b08, #251b0f, #54452c, #342817, #0a332e, #906b37 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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