Dr. Caligari

Basement lab, winter, the hum of a warped gramophone. A doctor in a silk mask adjusts a dial on a writhing, leather-bound machine shaped like a spine. Less Cronenberg, more boudoir grotesque—bring your own leather gloves.

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Stephen Sayadian directed Dr. Caligari in 1989. See Stephen Sayadian's full filmography, where to start with Stephen Sayadian, or where to go after you've seen everything by Stephen Sayadian.

Dr. Caligari was released in 1989 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 78 minutes.