Name: THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI WITH LIVE SCORE BY CASPERVEK // Cluny 2 Newcastle
Start: 2025-02-24T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-24T23:00:00+00:00
Location: The Cluny

$THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI WITH LIVE SCORE BY CASPERVEK \/\/ Cluny 2 Newcastle$

We are delighted to present this all seated unique cinema with live score experience in Cluny 2.
Caspervekis made up of three professional musiciansviolin, piano, and percussionwho have performed across a variety of settings, from outdoor cinemas and jazz clubs to concert halls and international film festivals. Our goal is to make silent movies accessible to all audiences, including young people and teenagers, by combining the timeless charm of classic cinema with the dynamism of live music.
Caspervek will be performing live on stage as we screen the 1920's masterpiece The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, German silent horror film, released in 1920, that is widely considered the first great work in the genre. It also was the first film in the German Expressionist movement.The mysterious Dr. Caligari (played by Werner Krauss) arrives in a rural German village with his companion Cesare (Conrad Veidt), a man in an eternal state of sleep who can be ordered to perform his masters commands. A series of gruesome murders lead some to believe that the doctor and his strange assistant may well be to blame.The first film to utilize surrealistic production design in a major way, Caligari is a key work of the Expressionist movement in post-World War I Germany. The bizarre set pieces created a quasi-surrealistic world that received critical praise. Shadows shroud much of the action, giving a nightmarish quality to the story. Caligari gave a giant boost to German cinema in the wake of the devastating consequences of World War I. The films morbid evocation of horror, menace, and anxiety and the dramatic, shadowy lighting and bizarre sets became a stylistic model for later Expressionist films.