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Silents at the Senate - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - 100th Anniversary Screening

  • Senate Theater 6424 Michigan Avenue Detroit, MI, 48210 United States (map)

Stop by to the Senate Theater for our first live movie and organ performace since March and celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari! Live organ accompaniment will be provided by the Detroit Theater Organ Society's very own Stephen Warner. 

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Government guidelines state that we can only open at 20% capacity, so tickets will be limited to 150 in our nearly 800 seat auditorium. All guests will be required to wear masks. Seating in the auditorium will be spaced so that audience members will sit 6 feet apart. Hand sanitizing stations will be placed throughout the theater. All guests will also be required to have their tempature checked and complete a health survey. 

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At a fair in the village of Hostenwall, Dr. Caligari obtains a permit to set up his tent show featuring Cesare the 23 year-old Somnabulist who has slept for 23 years. Francis and his friend Alan visit the popular show and Alan asks Cesare in his trance-like state to tell him his future. Cesare predicts that he will die that night and when Alan is in fact found dead in the morning it seems to be just one of many such crimes recently. Frances is determined to find his friend's killer, all the more so after Cesare tries to kidnap his fiancée. He follows him to an insane asylum but not all is as it seems.

Doors - 7:00 PM

Organ Overture - 7:30 PM

Film - 8:00 PM

Tickets - $10 | Not Rated

Earlier Event: October 17
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Later Event: October 31
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