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Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (German: Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler) is the first film in the Dr. Mabuse series about the character Doctor Mabuse who featured in the novels of Norbert Jacques. It was directed by Fritz Lang and released in 1922.
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Directed by Fritz Lang. With Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Alfred Abel. Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
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- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Fritz Lang
- 1922-09-30
Dr. Mabuse is a fictional character created by Norbert Jacques in his 1921 novel Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler ('Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler'), and his 1932 follow-up novel Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1932).
May 6, 2020 · The title card for “Dr. Mabuse the Gambler,” the German director Fritz Lang’s 4½-hour silent so-called “super-film,” promises “a portrait of our time.” That time was 1922.
Jul 18, 2006 · As played by Rudolf Klein-Rogge in Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou’s two-part adaptation of the Norbert Jacques novel, Mabuse is a true bogeyman, a hollow shell of surface tics with a terrifying dead-eyed stare.
DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER is nominally the tale of a man of many faces, a suave gambler, a prestigious physician, and a magician. "Dr. Mabuse" is literally a hypnotic individual, who mesmerizes all he meets, from bored, disengaged Junkers like "Count Todd" and "Countess Todd" to a bewildered young American, "Edward Hull."
Oct 23, 2009 · The groundbreaking and audacious “Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler” (1922) is one of Silent Cinema's shining glories. For a very long time, this film, for me, was consigned to intriguing stills in horror movie tomes alone, the images bold, frightening and demoniacally intense.
