Additionally, do not mistake either for the severed nose of Dr. Verlucci, lest it return on the anniversary of the night you betrayed him.
I’ve read conflicting statements - some say it’s the deepest level of hypnotic trance, others that it’s the lightest, and the Wiki disambiguation page on somnambulist includes “term used in hypnosis to indicate someone of high enough suggestibility to follow suggestions without the need for a formal trance” (without citation) - Maybe Caligari was looking for the last?
Are we or are we not discussing the original 20s Cabinet of Dr Caligari? It was not a talkie, was in black and white - though I will grant that it had a great impressionistic set. [I happen to really enjoy the old 20s and early 30 European films. Very interesting contrasted and compared to the output of Hollywood. I just never made a career out of it like our very own Eve Golden has. I can highly recommend Vamp :D]