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‘Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari’ TRAILER Revealed!

Eureka! Entertainment have revealed the full length theatrical trailer for the forthcoming theatrical & home video release of DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI. The film will be released theatrically in selected cinemas nationwide on 29 August 2014 which will be followed by a Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition as part of Eureka’s award-winning the Masters of Cinema Series on 29 September 2014. One of the most iconic masterpieces in cinema history, Robert Wiene’s Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari shook filmgoers worldwide and changed the direction of the art form. Now presented in a definitive restoration, the film’s chilling, radically expressionist vision is set to grip viewers again. At a local carnival in a small German town, hypnotist Dr. Caligari presents the somnambulist Cesare, who can purportedly predict the future of curious fairgoers. But at night, the doctor wakes Cesare from his sleep to enact his evil bidding…

*Please keep in mind that when the Blu-ray is released it will be Region LOCKED and will only play on Region Free Blu-ray players.

Incalculably influential, the film’s nightmarishly jagged sets, sinister atmospheric and psychological emphasis left an immediate impact in its wake (horror, film noir, and gothic cinema would all be shaped directly by it). But this diabolical tale nevertheless stands alone – now more mesmerising than.

The finalised list of special features for the home video release are listed below:

– New high-definition presentation, from the extensive FWMS restoration

– Audio commentary by film historian David Kalat

– New video essay by film critic David Cairns

– Caligari: How Horror Came to the Cinema: a new 52 Minute documentary on the film.

– Re-release trailer

– PLUS: A 56-page booklet with new writing, reprints and rare archival imagery

PRESS:

 

“★★★★★ – This venerable silent classic changed the way movies were made and appreciated.” – Adrian Turner, Radio Times

“Undoubtedly one of the most exciting and inspired horror movies ever made.” – Time Out Film Guide

“★★★★★ – The sheer audacity of the film’s physical and psychological conceit will haunt you forever.” – Empire

“The film today still casts its spell.” – Roger Ebert

“A one-of-a-kind masterpiece.” – Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

THEATRICAL/ CINEMA RELEASE DETAILS:

 

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari will be released theatrically in the UK on 29 August 2014 and will open at the BFI Southbank and other selected cinemas nationwide (see below – with more TBC), and will feature as part of Scalarama’s www.scalarama.com core programme

 

From 29-Aug-14       

London – BFI Southbank (14 days) http://bit.ly/1kZB5Vo

London – Curzon Victoria (7 days) http://bit.ly/1wuEqkL

Dublin – Irish Film Institute (7 days) http://bit.ly/1oYg0P8

Edinburgh – Filmhouse (4 days) http://bit.ly/1oYg7tX

Glasgow – GFT (3 days) http://bit.ly/1jPpJbF

Cardiff – Chapter (2 days) http://bit.ly/1wuFqoN

Bristol – Watershed (7 days) http://bit.ly/1t3dl81

Nottingham – Broadway (7 days) http://bit.ly/1oYgipa

Chichester – Chichester Cinema at New Park (1 day) http://bit.ly/1tR5MoV

From 31-Aug-14

Cork – Triskel Arts Centre (4 days) http://bit.ly/1rqOBGv

 

10 Sept 2014

Brighton – The Emporium (Bijou Electric Empire Forever) http://on.fb.me/1r3Y1se

 

14-Sep-14

Birmingham – MAC  http://bit.ly/Wam3qj

Clevedon – Curzon Community Cinema  http://bit.ly/WhlZp5

 

19-Sep-14

Nottingham – Broadway (Kino Klubb) http://bit.ly/1t3eL2m

 

20-Sep-14

Bo’ness – Hippodrome http://bit.ly/1oHRTkM

 

21-Sep-14

Lancaster – The Dukes http://bit.ly/1l3fV8C

27-Sep-14

Eastbourne – Redoubt Fortress (Filmspot) http://bit.ly/1zIEtxG

 

24-Oct-14

Belfast – QFT http://bit.ly/1oYhhWm

 

26-Oct-14

Vintage Sunday Screenings across The Picturehouse Chain  http://bit.ly/Whmm2P

28-Oct-14

Maidenhead –  Norden Farm Centre for the Arts http://bit.ly/1so1pQE

                       

02-Nov-14

Ilkley – The Ilkley Film Festival http://bit.ly/1oYhuZL

 

HOME VIDEO DUAL FORMAT RELEASE DETAILS:

Label: Eureka

 

Dual Format Cat. No.| EKA70144

Dual Format Barcode| 5060000701449

Dual Format RRP| £19.99

Release Date| 29 September 2014

Certificate| U

Run Time| 77 min.

OAR| 1.33:1 OAR

Picture| B&W

Genre| Horror

Director| Robert WEINE

Year| 1920

Country|  Germany

Language| Silent / German Intertitles

Subtitles| English (Optional)

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