Commons:Deletion requests/File:The Cabinet of Dr Caligari Werner Krauss.jpg
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See w:Copyright Duration Directive#Films and photographs. It is not enough that the director has been dead for at least 70 years. You must also wait until several others have been dead for that duration. The last person to die seems to have been w:Giuseppe Becce, who composed the music. Stefan2 (talk) 22:56, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment That seems inconsistent with previous Commons discussions around this film specifically and German film stills in general. Since this question impacts multiple other files in Category:Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, in other projects, and potentially from other films, I've opened a discussion at COM:VPC#Composers for silent films so we can get more clarity on this. hinnk (talk) 00:03, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Keep The composer is not relevant for a silent film. Becce's music would not have been composed for use in the film, as that was not yet possible technically. It would have been composed to be performed alongside the film when it was shown.But this is not even the whole film, but apparently a frame of the film. The cinematographer would be the relevant person in German law for such a frame (for details see Pajz's comment in Commons:Deletion requests/File:Greta-Garbo-and-Jaro-Furth-in-the-film-Joyless-Street-1925-142462321702.jpg). The cinematographer of this film was Willy Hameister (1899–1938). --Rosenzweig τ 18:48, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Kept: as per above discussion. --Yann (talk) 09:59, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
