Berlin, 1920: The silent film "Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari" was premiered. Written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer, and directed by Robert Wiene, the film tells a horror story of a bad doctor and his somnambulist, Cesare, who is able to predict death of the people. Using strong contrasts of light and shadow, stylized settings and distorted camera angles to represent a nightmarish world, film was soon recognized as a masterpiece of German Expressionism.