"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."
Mikhail Baryshnikov
as Cesar
Joan Cusack
as Cathy
Peter Gallagher
as Matt
Ron Vawter
as Dr. Ramirez
Kate Valk
as Sue
Werner Klemperer
as Fat Man Looking for a Tax Break
Paul Eckstein
as Janitor
Lola Pashalinski
as Narc
Merlin Santana
as Newsboy
Gregory Wallace
as Bruce
Humbert Allen Astredo
as Man With Red Dodge
Paul Butler
Jim Clayburgh
as Cop #2
Herb Downer
as Morgue Attendant
Herbert Duarte
as Cop #1’s Son
Henderson Forsythe
as Senior Member
Mateo Gómez
as Disciple
Richard Habersham
as Cathy’s Younger Brother
Henry Hayward
as Homeless Man
Peter Francis James
Anna Köhler
as Receptionist
Ruth Maleczech
as Cathy’s Mother
Pat McNamara
as Killer
Manny Melendez
as Cop #1’s Other Son
Paul-Felix Montez
as Cop #1’s Husband
Mark Morris
as Mime
Michael Kirby
as Cathy’s Father
Harsh Nayyar
as Beaver Gourmet
José Ramón Rosario
Elion Sacker
as Super
Michael Stumm
as Detective
Jeff Webster
as Cathy’s Brother The Detective
Grafton Trew
as Security Guard
John Adams
Original Music Composer
Peter Sellars
Director
John Rodsett
Executive Producer
George Ayoub
Co-Producer
David Lynch
Charles S. Carroll
Line Producer
Story
Rainer Mockert
Yves Pasquier
Richard Dooley
Associate Producer
Jacques Kirsner
Writer
Jac Venza
Robert Estrin
Editor
Hugh Simon
David Watkin
Director of Photography
Eberhart Schelle