Caligari

Caligari in Hollywood

From Fango:

Fango has learned that LA’s American Cinematheque will host a screening of two horror classics on Saturday, April 1 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
The double feature commences at 7:30 p.m. with director Fritz (METROPOLIS) Lang’s 1931 film M. Starring genre legend Peter Lorre, then, next up is arguably the finest example of German Expressionist silent cinema ever produced, director Robert Weine’s 1919 masterpiece THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (which will feature live musical accompaniment by Dan Redfeld). The film, which stars actor Conrad Veidt in the role of Cesare, centers on a “pasty-faced somnambulist [Veidt] sent forth by psychotic asylum head, Dr. Caligari [Werner Krauss] to do his evil bidding, specifically kidnapping beautiful waif, Jane (Lil Dagover).” Clearly an influence on the string of ’20s and ’30s American horror (the Universal classics wear CALIGARI’s imprint on their sleeve proudly), the film is a hypnotic journey, due in no small part to the abstract sets created by production designers Walter Reimann, Walter Röhrig and Hermann Warm.

Visit the Cinematheque site linked above for additional details.