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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. Or at least he does so in Francis's delusional story.



* SacrificialLamb: Alan, murdered by Cesare to kick the plot into gear.

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* SacrificialLamb: Alan, murdered by Cesare (or [[TheKillerInMe Francis himself]]) to kick the plot into gear.



* SleepingDummy: On the third attempt, Caligari kept a puppet in the open cabinet, to divert suspicion from the Cesare. It looked like him from the window.

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* SleepingDummy: On the third attempt, Caligari kept a puppet in the open cabinet, to divert suspicion from the Cesare. It looked like him from the window.



* VillainousBreakdown: When Caligari sees that Cesare has died, he goes even more crazy than he already was.

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* VillainousBreakdown: When Caligari sees that Cesare has died, he goes even more crazy than he already was.was, at least in Francis's story.
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''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 on Website/YouTube. A re-scored version with ProgressiveRock music by Creator/IsaacBaranoff can also be viewed online.

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''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 on Website/YouTube. A re-scored version with ProgressiveRock music by Creator/IsaacBaranoff can also be viewed online.
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* ForScience: Caligari wants to know if he can convince a sleepwalker to do things they would find abhorrent while awake. Just because.

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* ForScience: Caligari wants to know if he can convince a sleepwalker to do things they would find abhorrent while awake. Just because. Or at least, that’s what Francis thinks Caligari wants.



* TheKillerInMe: It's very subtly implied -- through the LoveTriangle at the beginning, the ShadowDiscretionShot of Alan's murder, Alan's absence from the final scenes at the asylum, and the revelation that Francis is insane -- that Alan's murder may have been the only true part of Francis' story, in which case, Francis himself was probably the killer.

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* TheKillerInMe: It's very subtly implied -- through the LoveTriangle at the beginning, the ShadowDiscretionShot of Alan's murder, Alan's absence from the final scenes at the asylum, and the revelation that Francis is insane -- that Alan's murder may have been the only true part of Francis' story, in which case, Francis himself was probably the killer.killer, and might have been thrown into Caligari’s asylum as a result.
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->'''Alan:''' How long shall I live?\\
'''Cesare:''' Your time is short. You die at dawn.

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->'''Alan:''' How long shall will I live?\\
'''Cesare:''' Your time is short. You die at Till the break of dawn.



An InNameOnly remake, ''The Cabinet of Caligari'', was released in 1962, and an inofficial sequel, ''Dr. Caligari'', in 1989.

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An InNameOnly remake, ''The Cabinet of Caligari'', was released in 1962, and an inofficial unofficial sequel, ''Dr. Caligari'', in 1989.



* BigBad: Caligari is the BigBad of Francis' story, with Cesare as TheDragon, but it turns out that in reality the film has NoAntagonist.

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* BigBad: Caligari is the BigBad of in Francis' story, with Cesare as TheDragon, but it turns out that in reality the film has NoAntagonist.



* InsaneEqualsViolent: Averted in the final scene, where the majority of the inmates -- Cesare included -- are portrayed as harmless.

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* InsaneEqualsViolent: Averted in the final scene, where the majority most of the inmates -- Cesare included -- are portrayed as harmless.



* JackTheRipoff: A villager takes advantage of Cesare's killing spree to try to cast off suspicion from his own attempt. The result is that it actually takes suspicion away from Cesare.

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* JackTheRipoff: A villager takes advantage of Cesare's killing spree to try to cast off suspicion from his own attempt. The result is that it actually takes suspicion away ''away from Cesare.Cesare''.



* 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 battlefields.

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* MindScrew: The ''sets'' are pure MindScrew.surreal. 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 battlefields.



* NoNameGiven: Apparently Dr. Caligari renamed himself and Cesare after the legendary 17th century doctor and somnambulist he wished to emulate. We never learn what Dr. Caligari and Cesare's original names were.

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* NoNameGiven: Apparently Dr. Caligari renamed himself and Cesare after the legendary 17th century 17th-century doctor and somnambulist he wished to emulate. We never learn what Dr. Caligari and Cesare's original names were.



* SurrealHorror: As has been mentioned before, this movie looks ''really'' weird.

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* SurrealHorror: As has been mentioned before, this movie looks ''really'' weird.
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"Titular" means something that's in name only, "eponymous" means what something's named after


Silent [[GermanExpressionism German expressionist]] {{horror}} film made in 1920, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare (pronounced "CHEH-zah-ray"), who lives inside the cabinet.

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Silent [[GermanExpressionism German expressionist]] {{horror}} film made in 1920, starring Werner Krauss as the titular eponymous mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare (pronounced "CHEH-zah-ray"), who lives inside the cabinet.
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->'''Alan''': How long shall I live?\\
'''Cesare''': Your time is short. You die at dawn.

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->'''Alan''': ->'''Alan:''' How long shall I live?\\
'''Cesare''': '''Cesare:''' Your time is short. You die at dawn.
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* NiceHat: Plenty, but top notch goes to the Doctor with his stovepipe.
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Silent [[GermanExpressionism German expressionist]] {{horror}} film made in 1920, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' Oh, and [[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]]... and [[Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940 the original]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]].) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare (pronounced "CHEH-zah-ray"), who lives inside the cabinet.

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Silent [[GermanExpressionism German expressionist]] {{horror}} film made in 1920, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' Oh, and [[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]]... and [[Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940 the original]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]].) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare (pronounced "CHEH-zah-ray"), who lives inside the cabinet.
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Silent [[GermanExpressionism German expressionist]] {{horror}} film made in 1920, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' Oh, and [[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]]) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare (pronounced "CHEH-zah-ray"), who lives inside the cabinet.

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Silent [[GermanExpressionism German expressionist]] {{horror}} film made in 1920, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' Oh, and [[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]]) Joker]]... and [[Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940 the original]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]].) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare (pronounced "CHEH-zah-ray"), who lives inside the cabinet.
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Silent [[GermanExpressionism German expressionist]] {{horror}} film made in 1920, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' Oh, and [[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]]) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay (pronounced "CHEH-zah-ray")]], who lives inside the cabinet.

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Silent [[GermanExpressionism German expressionist]] {{horror}} film made in 1920, starring Werner Krauss as the titular mad doctor and Creator/ConradVeidt (the bad guy from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}...'' Oh, and [[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs the original]] [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]]) as the fortune-telling sleepwalker Cesare [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay (pronounced "CHEH-zah-ray")]], "CHEH-zah-ray"), who lives inside the cabinet.
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The trope is being renamed, as discussed in this TRS thread.


* {{Homage}}: It's received so many homages, mostly from Tim Burton, that 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.ParodyDisplacement.
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An InNameOnly remake, ''The Cabinet of Caligari'', was released in 1962.

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An InNameOnly remake, ''The Cabinet of Caligari'', was released in 1962.
1962, and an inofficial sequel, ''Dr. Caligari'', in 1989.
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''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 on YouTube. A re-scored version with ProgressiveRock music by Creator/IsaacBaranoff can also be viewed online.

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''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 on YouTube.Website/YouTube. A re-scored version with ProgressiveRock music by Creator/IsaacBaranoff can also be viewed online.
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Supposedly, tfilm was intended to be an anti-authoritarian story, inspired by the military hospitals in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI when [[ShellShockedVeteran "malingering"]] soldiers were confined under manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling ''strongly'' diluted this message. See the trivia section for details.

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Supposedly, tfilm the film was intended to be an anti-authoritarian story, inspired by the military hospitals in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI when [[ShellShockedVeteran "malingering"]] soldiers were confined under manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling ''strongly'' diluted this message. See the trivia section for details.
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The film was intended to be an anti-authoritarian story, inspired by the military hospitals in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI when [[ShellShockedVeteran "malingering"]] soldiers were confined under manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling ''strongly'' diluted this message. See the trivia section for details.

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The film Supposedly, tfilm was intended to be an anti-authoritarian story, inspired by the military hospitals in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI when [[ShellShockedVeteran "malingering"]] soldiers were confined under manipulative doctors, but ExecutiveMeddling ''strongly'' diluted this message. See the trivia section for details.
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* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget: One unnamed character tries to murder his landlady and [[JackTheRipoff disguise it]] as the work of the SerialKiller who is already terrorizing the town.
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''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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI YouTube]]. A re-scored version with ProgressiveRock music by Creator/IsaacBaranoff can also be viewed online.

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''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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI YouTube]].on YouTube. A re-scored version with ProgressiveRock music by Creator/IsaacBaranoff can also be viewed online.

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