The audience of 1920 had never seen anything like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Some viewers fainted. Reviewers argued over its exaggerated style. A writer in Variety proclaimed, "So-called cultured ...

Made in the early days of the German film industry, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and The Last Laugh are still well worth seeing, by anybody's standards. Comparing The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with ...