The Cabinet of Caligari [SEP] distributor
The Cabinet of Caligari
The Cabinet of Caligari is a 1962 American horror film by , starring Glynis Johns, Dan O'Herlihy, and Richard Davalos, and released by 20th Century Fox.
Although the film has a title that is very similar to that of the acclaimed silent horror film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920), it shares very few similarities except for the main plot twist. The film is notable for a script written by Robert Bloch, author of the novel "Psycho". The cinematographer for
in his directorial career when he accepted an assignment to direct what was to be a mystery-action serial comprising four feature-length episodes. Lang was forced by this assignment to relinquish the directorial duties of "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", which was also released by the distributor Decla-Bioscop AG in 1919.
Filming took place from June to August 1919 in Hamburg at Tierpark Hagenbeck for part 1. Part 2 was shot October to December 1919 in Hamburg (Tierpark Hagenbeck and others) and at the Weissensee Studios