Hans Janowitz

Remake of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920). Shot entirely on green screen. Some exact shots from the 1920 film were superimposed to properly replicate the original. Francis relates the story of traveling magician Dr. Caligari and Cesare. Their arrival in a town coincides with savage killings.

All men are under lovely Marizza’s spell. Tired of working for the old woman Yelina, who forces her to cajole customs officials to help the smugglers, she flees and finds work at Mrs. Avricolos’ farm. The latter is in business with an unscrupulous moneylender, whose daughter is promised to Leone, the family’s eldest son. But Leone will fall quickly for Marizza...

Kornej is a young painter of primitivism. An art agent discover the works of Kornej and buy the whole collection. The art critic Moulin is very excited about Kornejs paintings and style. Kornej marries his childhood sweetheart Rita. They have a child that carries a mystic disease. Allt the money Kornej got from selling his collection is put into the care of the sick child. Rita leaves Kornej.

Trying to kill herself, Mary is saved by rich Roswolsky.

The film was an unauthorized adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but the source material went unrecognized by some of the German media due to changes in the characters' names. Released in 1920, this is one of Murnau's lost films. While the film itself does not survive, the scripts and related production notes do. Because the film is lost, its full length is unknown. Dr. Warren is the Dr. Jekyll character who changes into Mr. O'Connor, a parallel of Mr. Hyde. This transformation is brought about, not by experimentation with chemicals as in Stevenson's original, but through the supernatural agency of a bust of Janus (the Roman god of the doorway), which Warren / O'Connor purchases in the opening sequence as a gift for his sweetheart, Jane. When she refuses the gift, horrified, Warren / O'Connor is forced to keep the statuette himself...

An abandoned baby is saved by a river god. Now aged 20, she yearns to see the world outside the water.

Num pequeno vilarejo da fronteira holandesa, o misterioso hipnotizador Dr. Caligari (Krauss) chega acompanhado do sonâmbulo Cesare (Veidit), que estaria supostamente adormecido por 23 anos. À noite, Cesare perambula pela cidade concretizando as previsões funestas do seu mestre, o Dr. Caligari.

Num pequeno vilarejo da fronteira holandesa, o misterioso hipnotizador Dr. Caligari (Krauss) chega acompanhado do sonâmbulo Cesare (Veidit), que estaria supostamente adormecido por 23 anos. À noite, Cesare perambula pela cidade concretizando as previsões funestas do seu mestre, o Dr. Caligari.