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spirasen, I don\'t know what punctuation guidelines you are following, but they resemble no punctuation guidelines I\'ve ever seen in my life. Semicolons and commas NEVER go inside parentheses for any reason, and \"Caligari\" is not dialogue, so the full stop doesn\'t go inside the quotes.
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This movie is frequently homaged by music videos (see Music/RobZombie's "Living Dead Girl", Music/{{Rainbow}}'s "Can't Let You Go" and "Otherside" by the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers.) In 2005, it received an indie remake starring Creator/DougJones, of ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' fame, which digitally imposed the new actors onto the original set. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Creator/DougJones also had a small role in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/BatmanReturns'', a movie that owes a ''lot'' to the German Expressionist style.)
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This movie is frequently homaged by music videos (see Music/RobZombie's "Living Dead Girl", Music/{{Rainbow}}'s "Can't Let You Go" and "Otherside" by the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers.) Music/RedHotChiliPeppers). In 2005, it received an indie remake starring Creator/DougJones, of ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' fame, which digitally imposed the new actors onto the original set. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Creator/DougJones also had a small role in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/BatmanReturns'', a movie that owes a ''lot'' to the German Expressionist style.)
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* BedlamHouse: The asylum in which Francis is revealed to be an inmate at the end of the film is only slightly less surreal than the sets in the story he is telling his fellow inmate. (The cell in which Caligari is thrown at the end of Francis' story notably re-appears as the cell in which Francis himself is thrown when he attacks "Caligari.")
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* BedlamHouse: The asylum in which Francis is revealed to be an inmate at the end of the film is only slightly less surreal than the sets in the story he is telling his fellow inmate. (The cell in which Caligari is thrown at the end of Francis' story notably re-appears as the cell in which Francis himself is thrown when he attacks "Caligari.")"Caligari".)
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* CuckooNest: The film represents one of the most notable uses of this trope where the character being told his account of events is just a hallucination really ''is'' insane. None of Francis' version of events really happened (or at least not as he described them;) they were, instead, the literal ramblings of a madman.
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* CuckooNest: The film represents one of the most notable uses of this trope where the character being told his account of events is just a hallucination really ''is'' insane. None of Francis' version of events really happened (or at least not as he described them;) them); they were, instead, the literal ramblings of a madman.
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Caligari is a subversion, since the character turns out to be a fairly harmless psychiatrist (maybe,) and Francis is perceiving him as a DiabolicalMastermind.
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Caligari is a subversion, since the character turns out to be a fairly harmless psychiatrist (maybe,) (maybe), and Francis is perceiving him as a DiabolicalMastermind.
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Silent [[GermanExpressionism expressionist]] horror film made in 1920 Germany, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' oh, and [[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]]) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay (pronounced "cheh-ZAR-ay")]], who lives inside the cabinet.
The film was intended to be an anti-authoritarian story, inspired by the military hospitals in World War I when [[ShellShockedVeteran "malingering"]] soldiers were confined under manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling ''strongly'' diluted this message. See the trivia section for details.
This film is best-known for its extremely messed-up set design: all the angles are crooked, the shadows are ''painted onto the sets'', and it's all made out of paper. More notably, some sets are twisted versions of World War I battlefields.
This movie is frequently homaged by music videos (see Music/RobZombie's "Living Dead Girl", Rainbow's "Can't Let You Go" and "Otherside" by the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers). In 2005, it received an indie remake starring Creator/DougJones, of ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' fame, which digitally imposed the new actors onto the original set. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Creator/DougJones also had a small role in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/BatmanReturns'', a movie that owes a ''lot'' to the German Expressionist style.)
In addition to being the first psychological thriller, this movie also received one of the first-ever ViralMarketing campaigns for a movie: before its premiere, German streets were plastered with posters that read "Du mußt Caligari werden!" ("You must become Caligari!"), without telling you anything about the fact that they tied in to a movie.
''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' was tremendously influential in cinematic history, as all the {{Trope Maker|s}} examples below attest. It is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI YouTube]]. A rescored version with ProgressiveRock music by Creator/IsaacBaranoff and Music/FunnyAminals can be viewed [[http://blip.tv/horndogtv/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-rescored-by-funny-aminals-6672709 here]].
The film was intended to be an anti-authoritarian story, inspired by the military hospitals in World War I when [[ShellShockedVeteran "malingering"]] soldiers were confined under manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling ''strongly'' diluted this message. See the trivia section for details.
This film is best-known for its extremely messed-up set design: all the angles are crooked, the shadows are ''painted onto the sets'', and it's all made out of paper. More notably, some sets are twisted versions of World War I battlefields.
This movie is frequently homaged by music videos (see Music/RobZombie's "Living Dead Girl", Rainbow's "Can't Let You Go" and "Otherside" by the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers). In 2005, it received an indie remake starring Creator/DougJones, of ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' fame, which digitally imposed the new actors onto the original set. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Creator/DougJones also had a small role in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/BatmanReturns'', a movie that owes a ''lot'' to the German Expressionist style.)
In addition to being the first psychological thriller, this movie also received one of the first-ever ViralMarketing campaigns for a movie: before its premiere, German streets were plastered with posters that read "Du mußt Caligari werden!" ("You must become Caligari!"), without telling you anything about the fact that they tied in to a movie.
''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' was tremendously influential in cinematic history, as all the {{Trope Maker|s}} examples below attest. It is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI YouTube]]. A rescored version with ProgressiveRock music by Creator/IsaacBaranoff and Music/FunnyAminals can be viewed [[http://blip.tv/horndogtv/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-rescored-by-funny-aminals-6672709 here]].
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Silent [[GermanExpressionism expressionist]] horror {{horror}} film made in 1920 Germany, UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}, starring Werner Krauss Creator/WernerKrauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' oh, Oh, and [[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]]) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay (pronounced "cheh-ZAR-ay")]], who lives inside the cabinet.
The film was intended to be an anti-authoritarian story, inspired by the military hospitals inWorld War I UsefulNotes/WorldWarI when [[ShellShockedVeteran "malingering"]] soldiers were confined under manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling ''strongly'' diluted this message. See the trivia section for details.
This film is best-known for its extremely messed-up set design:all All the angles are crooked, the shadows are ''painted onto the sets'', and it's all made out of paper. More notably, some sets are twisted versions of World War I battlefields.
This movie is frequently homaged by music videos (see Music/RobZombie's "Living Dead Girl",Rainbow's Music/{{Rainbow}}'s "Can't Let You Go" and "Otherside" by the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers). Music/RedHotChiliPeppers.) In 2005, it received an indie remake starring Creator/DougJones, of ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' fame, which digitally imposed the new actors onto the original set. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Creator/DougJones also had a small role in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/BatmanReturns'', a movie that owes a ''lot'' to the German Expressionist style.)
In addition to being the firstpsychological thriller, {{psychological thriller}}, this movie also received one of the first-ever ViralMarketing campaigns for a movie: before Before its premiere, German streets were plastered with posters that read "Du mußt Caligari werden!" ("You must become Caligari!"), be Caligari!") without telling you anything about the fact that they tied in to a movie.
''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' was tremendously influential in cinematic history, as all the {{Trope Maker|s}} examples below attest. It is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI YouTube]]. Arescored re-scored version with ProgressiveRock music by Creator/IsaacBaranoff and Music/FunnyAminals can be viewed [[http://blip.tv/horndogtv/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-rescored-by-funny-aminals-6672709 here]].online.
The film was intended to be an anti-authoritarian story, inspired by the military hospitals in
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This movie is frequently homaged by music videos (see Music/RobZombie's "Living Dead Girl",
In addition to being the first
''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' was tremendously influential in cinematic history, as all the {{Trope Maker|s}} examples below attest. It is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI YouTube]]. A
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* BigBad: Caligari is the BigBad of Francis's story, with Cesare as TheDragon, but it turns out that in reality the film has NoAntagonist.
* BigBad: Caligari is the BigBad of Francis's story, with Cesare as TheDragon, but it turns out that in reality the film has NoAntagonist.
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* BedlamHouse: The asylum in which Francis is revealed to be an inmate at the end of the film is only slightly less surreal than the sets in the story he is telling his fellow inmate. (The cell in which Caligari is thrown at the end of Francis' story notably re-appears as the cell in which Francis himself is thrown when he attacks "Caligari".)
"Caligari.")
* BigBad: Caligari is the BigBad ofFrancis's Francis' story, with Cesare as TheDragon, but it turns out that in reality the film has NoAntagonist.
* BigBad: Caligari is the BigBad of
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* CuckooNest: The film represents one of the most notable uses of this trope where the character being told his account of events is just a hallucination really ''is'' insane. None of Francis' version of events really happened (or at least not as he described them); they were, instead, the literal ramblings of a madman.
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* CuckooNest: The film represents one of the most notable uses of this trope where the character being told his account of events is just a hallucination really ''is'' insane. None of Francis' version of events really happened (or at least not as he described them); them;) they were, instead, the literal ramblings of a madman.
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* EvilOldFolks: Caligari - or at least, that's how Francis sees him.
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* EvilOldFolks: Caligari - -- or at least, that's how Francis sees him.
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* InsaneEqualsViolent: Averted in the final scene, where the majority of the inmates - Cesare included - are portrayed as harmless.
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* TheKillerInMe: It's very subtly implied - through the LoveTriangle at the beginning, the ShadowDiscretionShot of Allan's murder, Allan's absence from the final scenes at the asylum, and the revelation that Francis is insane - that Allan's murder may have been the only true part of Francis' story, in which case, Francis himself was probably the killer.
* KubrickStare: The anonymous attempted murderer (played by an uncredited Rudolf Klein-Rogge, of ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' fame) gives one from his cell.
* LooksLikeCesare: {{C|aptainObvious}}es[[TropeMakers are.]]
* KubrickStare: The anonymous attempted murderer (played by an uncredited Rudolf Klein-Rogge, of ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' fame) gives one from his cell.
* LooksLikeCesare: {{C|aptainObvious}}es[[TropeMakers are.]]
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* TheKillerInMe: It's very subtly implied - -- through the LoveTriangle at the beginning, the ShadowDiscretionShot of Allan's murder, Allan's absence from the final scenes at the asylum, and the revelation that Francis is insane - -- that Allan's murder may have been the only true part of Francis' story, in which case, Francis himself was probably the killer.
* KubrickStare: The anonymous attempted murderer (played by an uncreditedRudolf Klein-Rogge, Creator/RudolfKleinRogge, of ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' fame) gives one from his cell.
* LooksLikeCesare: {{C|aptainObvious}}es[[TropeMakersare.]]are]].
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* LooksLikeCesare: {{C|aptainObvious}}es[[TropeMakers
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Caligari is a subversion, since the character turns out to be a fairly harmless psychiatrist (maybe), and Francis is perceiving him as a DiabolicalMastermind.
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Caligari is a subversion, since the character turns out to be a fairly harmless psychiatrist (maybe), (maybe,) and Francis is perceiving him as a DiabolicalMastermind.
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* RevengeByProxy: Caligari sets Cesare on Jane to get revenge on her father for meddling in his affairs.
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* RevengeByProxy: Caligari sets Cesare on Jane to get revenge on her father for meddling in his affairs.
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: Or Scenery Full of Crazy--Dr. Caligari hallucinates the phrase "DU MUSST CALIGARI WERDEN" (YOU MUST BE CALIGARI) appearing all over the scenery once he gets the inspiration to mimic the legendary Dr. Caligari.
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: Or Scenery Full of Crazy--Dr.Crazy -- Dr. Caligari hallucinates the phrase "DU MUSST CALIGARI WERDEN" (YOU MUST BE CALIGARI) appearing all over the scenery once he gets the inspiration to mimic the legendary Dr. Caligari.
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* ZombieGait: Cesare [[TropeMaker. makes yet another trope]].
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* BigBad: Caligari is the BigBad of Francis's story, with Cesare as TheDragon, but it turns out that in reality the film has NoAntagonist.
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* DastardlyWhiplash: Caligari is a hook-nosed man in a top hat and black cape. He doesn't have the moustache, but he almost makes up for that with his impressive sideburns.
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* EvilOldFolks: Caligari - or at least, that's how Francis sees him.
* ForScience: Caligari wants to know if he can convince a sleepwalker to do things they would find abhorrent while awake. Just because.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Caligari's spectacles make him look much creepier.
* ForScience: Caligari wants to know if he can convince a sleepwalker to do things they would find abhorrent while awake. Just because.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Caligari's spectacles make him look much creepier.
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* RevengeByProxy: Caligari sets Cesare on Jane to get revenge on her father for meddling in his affairs.
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* TorchesAndPitchforks: A mob ends up chasing Cesare for so long that he dies of exhaustion.
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* VillainousBreakdown: When Caligari sees that Cesare has died, he goes even more crazy than he already was.
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* WouldntHitAGirl: Even while sleepwalking and hypnotised, Cesare apparently can't bring himself to stab a woman. He just kidnaps her instead.
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Silent [[GermanExpressionism expressionist]] horror film made in 1920 Germany, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' oh, and [[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]]) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare [[ItIsPronouncedTropay (pronounced "cheh-ZAR-ay")]], who lives inside the cabinet.
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Silent [[GermanExpressionism expressionist]] horror film made in 1920 Germany, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' oh, and [[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]]) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare [[ItIsPronouncedTropay [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay (pronounced "cheh-ZAR-ay")]], who lives inside the cabinet.
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This movie is frequently homaged by music videos (see Music/RobZombie's "Living Dead Girl", Rainbow's "Can't Let You Go" and "Otherside" by the RedHotChiliPeppers). In 2005, it received an indie remake starring Creator/DougJones, of ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' fame, which digitally imposed the new actors onto the original set. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Creator/DougJones also had a small role in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/BatmanReturns'', a movie that owes a ''lot'' to the German Expressionist style.)
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This movie is frequently homaged by music videos (see Music/RobZombie's "Living Dead Girl", Rainbow's "Can't Let You Go" and "Otherside" by the RedHotChiliPeppers).Music/RedHotChiliPeppers). In 2005, it received an indie remake starring Creator/DougJones, of ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' fame, which digitally imposed the new actors onto the original set. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Creator/DougJones also had a small role in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/BatmanReturns'', a movie that owes a ''lot'' to the German Expressionist style.)
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''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' was tremendously influential in cinematic history, as all the TropeMaker examples below attest. It is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI YouTube]]. A rescored version with ProgressiveRock music by Creator/IsaacBaranoff and Music/FunnyAminals can be viewed [[http://blip.tv/horndogtv/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-rescored-by-funny-aminals-6672709 here]].
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''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' was tremendously influential in cinematic history, as all the TropeMaker {{Trope Maker|s}} examples below attest. It is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI YouTube]]. A rescored version with ProgressiveRock music by Creator/IsaacBaranoff and Music/FunnyAminals can be viewed [[http://blip.tv/horndogtv/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-rescored-by-funny-aminals-6672709 here]].
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* DistressedDamsel: DamselInDistress: Cesare tries to kidnap Jane.
* IntendedAudienceReaction: The sets. If they weren't so stylized, they would look cheap and unconvincing. Instead, their obvious artificiality just adds to the SurrealHorror of the film.
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* KubrickStare: The anonymous attempted murderer (played by an uncredited Rudolf Klein-Rogge, of ''{{Metropolis}}'' fame) gives one from his cell.
* LooksLikeCesare: [[CaptainObvious Ces]][[TropeMaker are.]]
* LooksLikeCesare: [[CaptainObvious Ces]][[TropeMaker are.]]
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* TheKillerInMe: It's very subtly implied - through the LoveTriangle at the beginning, the ShadowDiscretionShot of Allan's murder, Allan's absence from the final scenes at the asylum, and the revelation that Francis is insane - that Allan's murder may have been the only true part of Francis' story, in which case, Francis himself was probably the killer.
* KubrickStare: The anonymous attempted murderer (played by an uncredited Rudolf Klein-Rogge, of''{{Metropolis}}'' ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' fame) gives one from his cell.
* LooksLikeCesare:[[CaptainObvious Ces]][[TropeMaker {{C|aptainObvious}}es[[TropeMakers are.]]
* KubrickStare: The anonymous attempted murderer (played by an uncredited Rudolf Klein-Rogge, of
* LooksLikeCesare:
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* TheKillerInMe: It's very subtly implied - through the LoveTriangle at the beginning, the ShadowDiscretionShot of Allan's murder, Allan's absence from the final scenes at the asylum, and the revelation that Francis is insane - that Allan's murder may have been the only true part of Francis' story, in which case, Francis himself was probably the killer.
* TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: The sets. If they weren't so stylized, they would look cheap and unconvincing. Instead, their obvious artificiality just adds to the SurrealHorror of the film.
* TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: The sets. If they weren't so stylized, they would look cheap and unconvincing. Instead, their obvious artificiality just adds to the SurrealHorror of the film.
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* TwistEnding: It's AllJustADream and [[TomatoInTheMirror Francis is crazy.]] Also, supposedly the TropeMaker for the film medium.
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* ZombieGait: Cesare [[TropeMaker [[TropeMaker. makes yet another trope.]]trope]].
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The film was intended to deal with the dangers of hospitals in World War I when [[ShellShockedVeteran "malingering"]] soldiers were confined in hospitals under their manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling ''strongly'' diluted this message. See the trivia section for details.
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The film was intended to deal with be an anti-authoritarian story, inspired by the dangers of military hospitals in World War I when [[ShellShockedVeteran "malingering"]] soldiers were confined in hospitals under their manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling ''strongly'' diluted this message. See the trivia section for details.
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The film was intended to deal with the dangers of hospitals in World War I when [[ShellShockedVeteran "malingering"]] soldiers were confined in hospitals under their manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling ''strongly'' diluted this message. See below the trivia section for details.
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The film was intended to deal with the dangers of hospitals in World War I when "malingering" [[ShellShockedVeteran "malingering"]] soldiers were confined in hospitals under their manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling diluted this message. See below for details.
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Silent [[GermanExpressionism expressionist]] horror film made in 1920 Germany, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' oh, and [[Film/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]]) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare [[ItIsPronouncedTropay (pronounced "cheh-ZAR-ay")]], who lives inside the cabinet.
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Silent [[GermanExpressionism expressionist]] horror film made in 1920 Germany, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' oh, and [[Film/TheManWhoLaughs [[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]]) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare [[ItIsPronouncedTropay (pronounced "cheh-ZAR-ay")]], who lives inside the cabinet.
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Silent [[GermanExpressionism expressionist]] horror film made in 1920 Germany, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and ConradVeidt Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' oh, and [[TheManWhoLaughs [[Film/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]]) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare [[ItIsPronouncedTropay (pronounced "cheh-ZAR-ay")]], who lives inside the cabinet.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Alan's murder resolves the love triangle of which he is a part with Jane and Francis.
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* ShadowDiscretionShot: The murder of Allan. Remember, we never actually ''see'' Cesare in that scene.
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* ShadowDiscretionShot: The murder of Allan. Remember, we never actually ''see'' Cesare in that scene. See TheKillerInMe below.
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* TheKillerInMe: It's very subtly implied - through the LoveTriangle at the beginning, the ShadowDiscretionShot of Allan's murder, Allan's absence from the final scenes at the asylum, and the revelation that Francis is insane - that Allan's murder may have been the only true part of Francis' story, in which case, Francis himself was probably the killer.
* TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: The sets. If they weren't so stylized, they would look cheap and unconvincing. Instead, their obvious artificiality just adds to the SurrealHorror of the film.
* TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: The sets. If they weren't so stylized, they would look cheap and unconvincing. Instead, their obvious artificiality just adds to the SurrealHorror of the film.
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* GermanExpressionism: [[TropeMakers the Trope Maker]], or at least, TropeCodifier.
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* GermanExpressionism: [[TropeMakers the The Trope Maker]], or at least, TropeCodifier.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The TwistEnding was originally the idea of a studio exec (sometimes credited as Fritz Lang himself), and it arguably makes the movie much more uncomfortable. Supposedly after screenings, a man would come out and reassure the audience that everything was going to be alright. WordOfGod stated that the film was supposed to represent what [[WorldWarOne people in power could force others to do against their will]], [[ShellShockedVeteran leaving them unresponsive shells]] who were a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy slave to the whims of those in power]]. Many historians view the changed ending as a sign that the audiences of the time weren't comfortable with the idea of questioning authority, even if that authority was corrupt and instigated them to do horrible things - a [[WorldWarTwo foreboding]] [[ThoseWackyNazis portent of]] [[JustFollowingOrders things to come]]. Instead, the twist makes the film about the realization of how little authority the individual has over their ''own'' actions and the dangers of blaming outsiders, which - although probably not what the studio intended, unless it really ''was'' Fritz Lang's idea (he would be all over this kind of message) - is also a pretty timely point to make in interwar Germany.
* ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim: "I must know everything. I must penetrate the heart of his secret! I must become Caligari!"
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* ViralMarketing: One of the earliest examples, with posters reading "Du mußt Caligari werden!" ("You must become Caligari!"), with no explanation of who Caligari was or why the reader must become him, plastered all over German cities in the lead-up to the film's release.
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The film was intended to deal with the dangers of hospitals in World War I when "malingering" soldiers were confined in hospitals under their manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling diluted this message.
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The film was intended to deal with the dangers of hospitals in World War I when "malingering" soldiers were confined in hospitals under their manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling diluted this message.
message. See below for details.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The TwistEnding was originally the idea of a studio exec (sometimes credited as Fritz Lang himself), and it arguably makes the movie much more uncomfortable. Supposedly after screenings, a man would come out and reassure the audience that everything was going to be alright. The benevolence of the example is somewhat suspect, as WordOfGod stated that the film was supposed to represent what [[WorldWarOne people in power could force others to do against their will]], [[ShellShockedVeteran leaving them unresponsive shells]] who were a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy slave to the whims of those in power]]. Many historians view the changed ending as a sign that the audiences of the time weren't comfortable with the idea of questioning authority, even if that authority was corrupt and instigated them to do horrible things - a [[WorldWarTwo foreboding]] [[ThoseWackyNazis portent of]] [[JustFollowingOrders things to come]].
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The TwistEnding was originally the idea of a studio exec (sometimes credited as Fritz Lang himself), and it arguably makes the movie much more uncomfortable. Supposedly after screenings, a man would come out and reassure the audience that everything was going to be alright. The benevolence of the example is somewhat suspect, as WordOfGod stated that the film was supposed to represent what [[WorldWarOne people in power could force others to do against their will]], [[ShellShockedVeteran leaving them unresponsive shells]] who were a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy slave to the whims of those in power]]. Many historians view the changed ending as a sign that the audiences of the time weren't comfortable with the idea of questioning authority, even if that authority was corrupt and instigated them to do horrible things - a [[WorldWarTwo foreboding]] [[ThoseWackyNazis portent of]] [[JustFollowingOrders things to come]]. Instead, the twist makes the film about the realization of how little authority the individual has over their ''own'' actions and the dangers of blaming outsiders, which - although probably not what the studio intended, unless it really ''was'' Fritz Lang's idea (he would be all over this kind of message) - is also a pretty timely point to make in interwar Germany.
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* {{Homage}}: It's received so many homages, it has become subject to the WeirdAlEffect.
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* {{Homage}}: It's received so many homages, mostly from Tim Burton, that it has become subject to the WeirdAlEffect.
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* MindScrew: The ''sets'' are pure MindScrew. In fact, if you compare actual World War I photos to some scenes, you'll find that some of the movie scenes are twisted version of WWI battlefields.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Caligari is a subversion, since the character turns out to be a fairly harmless psychiatrist, and Francis is perceiving him as a DiabolicalMastermind.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Caligari is a subversion, since the character turns out to be a fairly harmless psychiatrist, and Francis is perceiving him as a DiabolicalMastermind.
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* MindScrew: The ''sets'' are pure MindScrew. In fact, if you compare actual World War I photos to some scenes, you'll find that some of the movie scenes are twisted version of WWI battlefields.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Caligari is a subversion, since the character turns out to be a fairly harmlesspsychiatrist, psychiatrist (maybe), and Francis is perceiving him as a DiabolicalMastermind.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Caligari is a subversion, since the character turns out to be a fairly harmless
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This movie is frequently homaged by music videos (see Music/RobZombie's "Living Dead Girl", Rainbow's "Can't Let You Go" and "Otherside" by the RedHotChiliPeppers). In 2005, it received an indie remake starring Creator/DougJones, of ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' fame, which digitally imposed the new actors onto the original set. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Creator/DougJones also had a small role in TimBurton's ''Film/BatmanReturns'', a movie that owes a ''lot'' to the German Expressionist style.)
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This movie is frequently homaged by music videos (see Music/RobZombie's "Living Dead Girl", Rainbow's "Can't Let You Go" and "Otherside" by the RedHotChiliPeppers). In 2005, it received an indie remake starring Creator/DougJones, of ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' fame, which digitally imposed the new actors onto the original set. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Creator/DougJones also had a small role in TimBurton's Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/BatmanReturns'', a movie that owes a ''lot'' to the German Expressionist style.)
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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Cesare,Francis and Jane.
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The film deals with the dangers of hospitals in World War I when "malingering" soldiers were confined in hospitals under their manipulative doctors. Within a larger context, it also deconstructs the self-justifying narratives that were beginning to take hold in Germany and eventually led to the rise of Nazism.
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The film deals was intended to deal with the dangers of hospitals in World War I when "malingering" soldiers were confined in hospitals under their manipulative doctors. Within a larger context, it also deconstructs the self-justifying narratives that were beginning to take hold in Germany and eventually led to the rise of Nazism.
doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling diluted this message.
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* TheKillerInMe: It's very subtly implied that Francis is the real killer.
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Caligari. Actually a deconstruction of this trope, since the character turns out to be a fairly harmless psychiatrist, and Francis is perceiving him as a DiabolicalMastermind.
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* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Caligari. Actually Caligari is a deconstruction of this trope, subversion, since the character turns out to be a fairly harmless psychiatrist, and Francis is perceiving him as a DiabolicalMastermind.
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* TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: The sets don't look real at all. This is because they're not.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: [[TropesAreNotBad A semi-benevolent example.]] The TwistEnding was originally the idea of a studio exec (sometimes credited as Fritz Lang himself), and it makes the movie ''much'' more interesting and uncomfortable. Apparently after screenings, a man would come out and ''reassure the audience'' that everything was going to be alright. The benevolence of the example is somewhat suspect, as WordOfGod stated that the film was supposed to represent what [[WorldWarOne people in power could force others to do against their will]], [[ShellShockedVeteran leaving them unresponsive shells]] who were a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy slave to the whims of those in power]]. Many historians view the changed ending as a sign that the audiences of the time weren't comfortable with the idea of questioning authority, even if that authority was corrupt and instigated them to do horrible things - a [[WorldWarTwo foreboding]] [[ThoseWackyNazis portent of]] [[JustFollowingOrders things to come]]. Instead, the twist makes the film about the realization of how little authority the individual has over their own actions and the dangers of blaming outsiders, which is also a pretty timely point to make in interwar Germany.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: [[TropesAreNotBad A semi-benevolent example.]] The TwistEnding was originally the idea of a studio exec (sometimes credited as Fritz Lang himself), and it arguably makes the movie ''much'' much more interesting and uncomfortable. Apparently Supposedly after screenings, a man would come out and ''reassure reassure the audience'' audience that everything was going to be alright. The benevolence of the example is somewhat suspect, as WordOfGod stated that the film was supposed to represent what [[WorldWarOne people in power could force others to do against their will]], [[ShellShockedVeteran leaving them unresponsive shells]] who were a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy slave to the whims of those in power]]. Many historians view the changed ending as a sign that the audiences of the time weren't comfortable with the idea of questioning authority, even if that authority was corrupt and instigated them to do horrible things - a [[WorldWarTwo foreboding]] [[ThoseWackyNazis portent of]] [[JustFollowingOrders things to come]]. Instead, the twist makes the film about the realization of how little authority the individual has over their own actions and the dangers of blaming outsiders, which is also a pretty timely point to make in interwar Germany.
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* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Cesare sneaks into people's windows and stabs them in the middle of the night
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* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Cesare sneaks into people's windows and stabs them in the middle of the nightnight.
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* CassandraDidIt: Initially seems to be the case, with Cesare's prophecy about Alan's death. The twist ending casts some doubt on this, though.
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* InsaneEqualsViolent: Averted in the final scene, where the majority of the inmates - Cesare included - are portrayed as harmless.
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''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' was tremendously influential in cinematic history, as all the TropeMaker examples below attest. It is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI YouTube]].
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''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' was tremendously influential in cinematic history, as all the TropeMaker examples below attest. It is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI YouTube]]. A rescored version with ProgressiveRock music by Creator/IsaacBaranoff and Music/FunnyAminals can be viewed [[http://blip.tv/horndogtv/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-rescored-by-funny-aminals-6672709 here]].
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Silent [[GermanExpressionism expressionism]] horror film made in 1920 Germany, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' oh, and [[TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]]) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare [[ItIsPronouncedTropay (pronounced "cheh-ZAR-ay")]], who lives inside the cabinet.
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Silent [[GermanExpressionism expressionism]] expressionist]] horror film made in 1920 Germany, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' oh, and [[TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]]) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare [[ItIsPronouncedTropay (pronounced "cheh-ZAR-ay")]], who lives inside the cabinet.
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''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' was tremendously influential in cinematic history, as all the TropeMaker examples below attest. It is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI&feature=fvw YouTube]].
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''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' was tremendously influential in cinematic history, as all the TropeMaker examples below attest. It is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI&feature=fvw com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI YouTube]].
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* AllJustADreamAllJustADream: At the end of the film, the story of Francis' struggle against the murderous Caligari and Cesare turns out to be just that, a story. The real "Caligari" turns out to be the director of the asylum where Francis, Jane, and Cesare are inmates.
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* BedlamHouse
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: Good ''lord''. It borders on AlienGeometries.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Cesare
* CircusOfFear: probably the TropeMaker
* CuckooNest
* DistressedDamsel: Jane, when Cesare attempts to kidnap her.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Cesare and Francis
* EmpathicEnvironment
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: Good ''lord''. It borders on AlienGeometries.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Cesare
* CircusOfFear: probably the TropeMaker
* CuckooNest
* DistressedDamsel: Jane, when Cesare attempts to kidnap her.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Cesare and Francis
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* BedlamHouse
BedlamHouse: The asylum in which Francis is revealed to be an inmate at the end of the film is only slightly less surreal than the sets in the story he is telling his fellow inmate. (The cell in which Caligari is thrown at the end of Francis' story notably re-appears as the cell in which Francis himself is thrown when he attacks "Caligari".)
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: Good ''lord''. It borders onAlienGeometries.
AlienGeometries. There are no right angles, no straight lines, and many surfaces are covered with wild, swirling patterns.
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CuckooNest: The film represents one of the most notable uses of this trope where the character being told his account of events is just a hallucination really ''is'' insane. None of Francis' version of events really happened (or at least not as he described them); they were, instead, the literal ramblings of a madman.
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* GermanExpressionism: [[TropeMakers the Trope Maker]], or at least, TropeCodifier
* {{Homage}}: it's received countless, which eventually caused the WeirdAlEffect
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* GermanExpressionism: [[TropeMakers the Trope Maker]], or at least, TropeCodifier
TropeCodifier.
* {{Homage}}:it's It's received countless, which eventually caused so many homages, it has become subject to the WeirdAlEffectWeirdAlEffect.
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* MadnessMontage: Surely the Trope Maker.
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* OnlySaneMan: Oh, no you're not.Francis believes he is this, both in the story he tells his fellow inmate and in the actual asylum, where he tries to warn the inmates that "Caligari" is planning their doom, and that they will all die at dawn.
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UnreliableNarrator: Francis' story of his and Jane's romance and their struggle against Caligari and Cesare is revealed at the end of the film to be part of his delusions.
*ViralMarketingViralMarketing: One of the earliest examples, with posters reading "Du mußt Caligari werden!" ("You must become Caligari!"), with no explanation of who Caligari was or why the reader must become him, plastered all over German cities in the lead-up to the film's release.
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This movie is frequently homaged by music videos (see Music/RobZombie's "Living Dead Girl" as well as "Otherside" of the RedHotChiliPeppers). In 2005, it received an indie remake starring Creator/DougJones, of ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' fame, which digitally imposed the new actors onto the original set. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Creator/DougJones also had a small role in TimBurton's ''Film/BatmanReturns'', a movie that owes a ''lot'' to the German Expressionist style.)
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This movie is frequently homaged by music videos (see Music/RobZombie's "Living Dead Girl" as well as Girl", Rainbow's "Can't Let You Go" and "Otherside" of by the RedHotChiliPeppers). In 2005, it received an indie remake starring Creator/DougJones, of ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' fame, which digitally imposed the new actors onto the original set. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Creator/DougJones also had a small role in TimBurton's ''Film/BatmanReturns'', a movie that owes a ''lot'' to the German Expressionist style.)