“The city that never sleeps, still has its share of nightmares.”
Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat whom mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.
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Cast
33 people
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Cesar
Known for
Sex and the City
White Nights
Joan Cusack
Cathy
Known for
Toy Story 3
The School of Rock
Peter Gallagher
Matt
Known for
The O.C.
American Beauty
Ron Vawter
Dr. Ramirez
Known for
Philadelphia
The Silence of the Lambs
Kate Valk
Sue
Also in
Sieben Frauen, sieben Sünden
The Manchurian Candidate
Werner Klemperer
Fat Man Looking for a Tax Break
Known for
Hogan's Heroes
Judgment at Nuremberg
Paul Eckstein
Janitor
Also in
Se7en
Hoodlum
Lola Pashalinski
Narc
Merlin Santana
Newsboy
Also in
The Steve Harvey Show
Showtime
Gregory Wallace
Bruce
Also in
The Beverly Hillbillies
Temptress
Humbert Allen Astredo
Man With Red Dodge
Also in
Dark Shadows
Paul Butler
Narc
Known for
Crime Story
Glengarry Glen Ross
Peter Sellars Director · Joan Cusack Story Peter Gallagher Story
United States release April 14, 1993 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States
Production
United Kingdom · United States
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Release dates
France · May 14, 1991
Premiere · Cannes Directors' Fortnight
United States · April 14, 1993
TV
France
December 4, 1991 · Theatrical
Germany
August 4, 1993 · TV
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