The director Robert Wiene (1873-1938) left his native Germany in 1933 when the National Socialists came to power. Like many Jews in the film industry, Wiene saw the writing on the wall: He left for Hungary and London, ultimately settling at Paris. While living there, he set out to make a sound version of his signature film, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1920). The poet, playwright, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau was to have been involved to one degree or another, but the remake never got off the ground.