Decla-Bioscop Archives

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 5, 2001Sinister Hypnotist/German Expressionism

Classic film that was groundbreaking for its designs – all distorted and angular sets, exaggerated shadows – that became defined as German Expressionism and its tale of a sinister hypnotist

Director: Robert Wiene

Actors: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, …

Category: Horror

5 February 200113 January 2026 by Roog

Genuine (1920)

Rating: ★★

Apr 12, 2016German Expressionism/Femme Fatale

One of the lesser films made by the director of The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Robert Wiene. Wiene employs the same stark angular sets and exaggerated shadows in the tale of a predatory femme fatale

Director: Robert Wiene

Actors: Fern Andra, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, John Gottowt

Category: Horror

12 April 201625 October 2025 by Roog

Destiny (1921)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 20, 2001Death Incarnates Lovers Throughout History

An early Fritz Lang film clearly influenced by D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance in which Death offers a woman visions of her and her lover reincarnated throughout different eras of history

Director: Fritz Lang

Actors: Lil Dagover, Bernhard Goetzke

Category: Fantasy

20 December 200117 January 2026 by Roog

Dr Mabuse, The Gambler (1922)

Rating: ★★★★

May 9, 2018Mind-Controlling Criminal Mastermind

Dr Mabuse is one of the great villains of cinema. Fritz Lang was one of the greatest directors of the silent era and his first Mabuse film is extraordinary where Lang indulges in visual tricks that still look sensational today

Director: Fritz Lang

Actors: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Bernhard Goetzke, Aud Egede-Nissen, Alfred Abel, …

Category: Fantasy

9 May 201828 June 2026 by Roog