Kino Details The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Blu-ray
HomeKino Details The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Blu-ray
Posted September 9, 2014 06:46 PM by Webmaster
U.S. distributors Kino Video have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of director Robert Wiene's recently restored masterpiece The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). The release will be available for purchase on November 18th.
The legendary silent film was recently restored in 4K by Murnau-Stiftung in collaboration with the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv and L'Immagine Ritrovata - Film Restoration and Conservation. Earlier this year, the new restoration had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Synopsis: This classic piece of German expressionist cinema employs stylized sets, costumes and make-up to tell its story from a shifting point of view. Dr Caligari runs a side show at a fair where a somnambulist predicts someone's death and that night the person is murdered. The somnambulist turns out to be a lunatic from a local asylum and Dr. Caligari the asylum's insane director.
Special Features:
The legendary silent film was recently restored in 4K by Murnau-Stiftung in collaboration with the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv and L'Immagine Ritrovata - Film Restoration and Conservation. Earlier this year, the new restoration had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Synopsis: This classic piece of German expressionist cinema employs stylized sets, costumes and make-up to tell its story from a shifting point of view. Dr Caligari runs a side show at a fair where a somnambulist predicts someone's death and that night the person is murdered. The somnambulist turns out to be a lunatic from a local asylum and Dr. Caligari the asylum's insane director.
Special Features:
- Illustrated Booklet Essay by Kristin Thompson
- Caligari: How Horror Came to the Cinema (Documentary, 52 minutes)
- New Music Score by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky
- Image Gallery
- Restoration Demonstration