The film focuses on a mad hypnotist (Dr. Caligari) who brainwashes a man and then forces him to murder people while he is under hypnosis. The Cabinet ... others with little or no government ...
The audience of 1920 had never seen anything like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Some viewers fainted. Reviewers argued over its exaggerated style. A writer in Variety proclaimed, "So-called cultured ...