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a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer, which tells the story of a hypnotist who uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.

It has been called the first "cult" movie and the first horror film of genuine quality and substance, featuring a dark, twisted visual style, with sharp-pointed forms; oblique, curving lines; structures and landscapes that lean and twist in unusual angles; and shadows and streaks of light painted directly onto the sets.