Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1919)
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In the framework of the Swiss research project DIASTOR Bridging the Gap Between Analog Film History and Digital Technology five differently tinted and toned nitrate prints of the famous German expressionist film Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari were analyzed for the digital color restoration of the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation in Wiesbaden. The new restoration premiered at the Berlinale film festival in February 2014.
© Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Foundation for all the images, except the ones from Museo del Cine Pablo C. Ducrós Hicken, Buenos Aires.
Photographs from the historical nitrate prints by Barbara Flueckiger. See tinted images here.
Selected Analyses:
De Fries, H. (1920): Raumgestaltung im Film. In: Wasmuths Monatshefte fur Baukunst, 5, 1921, pp. 63–82, on pp. 68–75. (in German) View Quote
Degenhardt, Inge (1996): On the absence and presence of colour in film. In: Monica Dall’Asta, Guglielmo Pescatore and Leonardo Quaresima (eds.): Il colore nel cinema muto. Bologna: Clueb, pp. 89–90. View Quote
Flueckiger, Barbara (2015 ): Color Analysis for the Digital Restoration of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. In: Joshua Yumibe (ed.): Moving Image, 15/1, pp. 22-43 (peer-reviewed) Link to download
Street, Sarah; Yumibe, Joshua (2019): Chromatic Modernity. Color, Cinema, and Media of the 1920s. New York: Columbia University Press, on pp. 180–183. View Quote
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Source: Cinémathèque française, Paris. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCollector’s copy from Montevideo. Credit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Source: Filmmuseum Düsseldorf. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Source: Archivo Nacional de la Imagen – Sodre, Montevideo/ Cineteca di Bologna. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Source: Archivo Nacional de la Imagen – Sodre, Montevideo/ Cineteca di Bologna. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Source: Cinémathèque française, Paris. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Source: Cinémathèque française, Paris. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Source: Archivo Nacional de la Imagen – Sodre, Montevideo/ Cineteca di Bologna. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCollector’s copy from Montevideo. Credit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Source: Filmmuseum Düsseldorf. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Source: Cinémathèque française, Paris. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Source: Archivo Nacional de la Imagen – Sodre, Montevideo/ Cineteca di Bologna. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Source: Archivo Nacional de la Imagen – Sodre, Montevideo/ Cineteca di Bologna. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCollector’s copy from Montevideo. Credit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Source: Filmmuseum Düsseldorf. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Source: Cinémathèque française, Paris. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Source: Cinémathèque française, Paris. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). Edge mark: Eastman (after 1914). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 13–17. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Source: Cinémathèque française, Paris. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). Edge mark: Eastman (after 1914). Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on pp. 13–17. View Quote on Page: Edge Codes and Identification -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Source: Cinémathèque française, Paris. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Source: Cinémathèque française, Paris. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Source: Cinémathèque française, Paris Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene). -
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ShowHide detailsCredit: Copyright: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden. Source: Archivo Nacional de la Imagen – Sodre, Montevideo/ Cineteca di Bologna. Film: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (GER 1919, Robert Wiene).
