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The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1991 · 111 mins
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- Directed by
- Peter Sellars
- Starring
- Joan Cusack, Peter Gallagher, Pat McNamara, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Richard Habersham, Paul Butler
Set in a near‑Kafkaesque future and told entirely through music rather than dialogue, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a weary bureaucrat who becomes the latest victim of the enigmatic Dr. Ramirez and his grotesque sidekick, drawing him into a nightmarish, surreal ordeal.
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