The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari quotes

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Dr. Caligari
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View Quote Asylum director: At last I recognize his mania. He believes me to be the mythical Caligari. Astonishing! But I think I know how to cure him now.

View Quote Man in the Garden: Everywhere there are spirits ... They are all around us ... They have driven me from hearth and home, from my wife and children.

View Quote Title card: That night saw the first of a series of mysterious crimes.

View Quote Alan: How long have I to live?
Cesare: Until tomorrow's dawn.

View Quote Dr. Caligari: I want to apply for a permit to show my exhibit at the fair.
Town Clerk: What sort of an exhibit is it?
Dr. Caligari: A somnambulist.

View Quote Francis: [about Jane] Alan, we both love her.
Alan: We must let her choose. But whatever her choice, we shall always remain friends.

View Quote Francis: Jane, I love you - when will you marry me?
Jane: We who are of noble blood may not follow the wishes of our hearts.

View Quote Cesare! Do you hear me? It is I calling you: I, Caligari, your master. Awaken for a brief while from your dark night.

View Quote I must know everything. I must penetrate the heart of his secret! I must become Caligari!

View Quote Ladies and Gentlemen, Cesare will now answer any question you like to put to him. Cesare knows every secret. Cesare knows the past and can see into the future. Come up and test him for yourselves.

View Quote Look! There is Cesare. Never ask him to tell your fortune; it will mean death for you.

View Quote Step right up. Now showing for the first time: Cesare, the miraculous, twenty-three years of age, has for these three-and-twenty years been sleeping -- night and day -- without a break. Before your very eyes, Cesare will awaken from his death-like rigidity. Step right up. Step right up.

View Quote You fools, this man is plotting our doom! We die at dawn! He is Caligari!