CONRAD VEIDT, LIL DAGOVER | THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI [1921] Photo

[Los Angeles: Goldwyn Pictures, 1921]. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white photo, with stamp on verso of film’s American distributor Goldwyn, along with a couple of stamps of later owners. Chip in blank upper left and marginal creasing in blank top have been skilfully conserved. Near fine.

A seminal image of somnambulist Cesare (Conrad Veidt) attacking Jane (Lil Dagover) in her bed, from the 1920 German silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.