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The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

Peter Sellars

1991 • 1h 51m

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 ...

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

Cast

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Mikhail BaryshnikovCesar

Joan Cusack

Joan CusackCathy

Peter Gallagher

Peter GallagherMatt

Ron Vawter

Ron VawterDr. Ramirez

Kate Valk

Werner Klemperer

Werner KlempererFat Man Looking for a Tax Break

Paul EcksteinJanitor

Lola PashalinskiNarc

Merlin Santana

Merlin SantanaNewsboy

Gregory WallaceBruce

Humbert Allen AstredoMan With Red Dodge

Paul Butler

Paul ButlerNarc

Jim ClayburghCop #2

Herb DownerMorgue Attendant

Herbert DuarteCop #1’s Son

Crew

John Adams

John AdamsOriginal Music Composer

Peter Sellars

Peter SellarsDirector

Joan Cusack

Joan CusackStory

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Mikhail BaryshnikovStory

Peter Gallagher

Peter GallagherStory

Ron Vawter

Ron VawterStory

Jacques Kirsner

Jacques KirsnerCo-Producer

David Lynch

David LynchExecutive Producer

Hugh Simon

Hugh SimonCo-Producer

Jac Venza

Jac VenzaCo-Producer

David Watkin

David WatkinDirector of Photography

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