The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Share this quote on facebook Step right up. Now showing for the first time: Cesare, the miraculous, twenty-three years of age, has for these three-and-twenty years been sleeping -- night and day -- without a break. Before your very eyes, Cesare will awaken from his death-like rigidity. Step right up. Step right up.

Share this quote on facebook Cesare! Do you hear me? It is I calling you: I, Caligari, your master. Awaken for a brief while from your dark night.

Share this quote on facebook Ladies and Gentlemen, Cesare will now answer any question you like to put to him. Cesare knows every secret. Cesare knows the past and can see into the future. Come up and test him for yourselves.

Share this quote on facebook I must know everything. I must penetrate the heart of his secret! I must become Caligari!

Share this quote on facebook You fools, this man is plotting our doom! We die at dawn! He is Caligari!

Share this quote on facebook Look! There is Cesare. Never ask him to tell your fortune; it will mean death for you.

Share this quote on facebook Man in the Garden: Everywhere there are spirits ... They are all around us ... They have driven me from hearth and home, from my wife and children.

Share this quote on facebook Title card: That night saw the first of a series of mysterious crimes.

Share this quote on facebook Asylum director: At last I recognize his mania. He believes me to be the mythical Caligari. Astonishing! But I think I know how to cure him now.

Share this quote on facebook Alan: How long have I to live?
Cesare: Until tomorrow's dawn.

Share this quote on facebook Francis: [about Jane] Alan, we both love her.
Alan: We must let her choose. But whatever her choice, we shall always remain friends.

Share this quote on facebook Francis: Jane, I love you - when will you marry me?
Jane: We who are of noble blood may not follow the wishes of our hearts.