Two men sit in a park and one relates a story about his best friend Alan. One day the two men visit a travelling fair and enter Dr. Caligari's exhibit. Dr Caligari has a somnambulist, Cesare, who he claims can predict the future. To test him Alan asks Cesare how long he has to live. Cesare replys that Alan has until dawn. When Alan is subsequently murdered, Cesare is the obvious suspect, but what of the mysterious Dr Caligari. Who is he and what part does he play in the murder? An expressionistic masterpiece, an imfluence on film noir and possibly the first horror with a true twist in the tale.
