The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari : Film Essentials
<div><br></div><div> Wayfarer Theaters invites you to our new film series THE ESSENTIALS : Journey Through Cinema - Hosted by DePaul University Film Professor Jose A. Soto. A once a month we will bring you a 12- Session exploratory journey through cinema. This Program is designed to make these classic works accessible to all and offers quality edutainment in the process.<br> synopsis of the film- <span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;">The quintessential work of early </span><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Expressionist_cinema" title="German Expressionist cinema" class="mw-redirect" id="mwGQ" style="font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; border-radius: 2px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: sans-serif;">German Expressionist cinema</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;">,</span><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"> it tells the story of a </span><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnosis" title="Hypnosis" id="mwHg" style="font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; border-radius: 2px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: sans-serif;">hypnotist</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"> (</span><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Krauss" title="Werner Krauss" id="mwHw" style="font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; border-radius: 2px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: sans-serif;">Werner Krauss</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;">) who uses a </span><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepwalking" title="Sleepwalking" id="mwIA" style="font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; border-radius: 2px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: sans-serif;">somnambulist</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"> Cesare (</span><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Veidt" title="Conrad Veidt" id="mwIQ" style="font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box; border-radius: 2px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: sans-serif;">Conrad Veidt</a><span style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif;">) to commit murders. The film features a dark, twisted visual style, with sharp-pointed forms; oblique, curving lines; structures and landscapes that lean and twist in unusual angles; and shadows and streaks of light painted directly onto the sets</span><br></div>DramaPT1H17M2026-09-16DEdeWerner Krauss
Conrad Veidt
Friedrich Fehér
Robert Wiene
Carl Mayer
Hans Janowitz
Rudolf Meinert
Erich Pommer
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari : Film Essentials"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari : Film Essentials"Showtimes
September 16, 7:00 pm
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