The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

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122 min - Crime | Horror | Mystery - 1952 (USA)

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A new crime wave grips the city and all clues seem to lead to the nefarious Dr. Mabuse, even tough he has been imprisoned in a mental asylum for nearly a decade.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Rudolf Klein-Rogge	...	Dr. Mabuse
	Gustav Diessl	...	Thomas Kent
	Rudolf Schündler	...	Hardy
	Oskar Höcker	...	Bredow
	Theo Lingen	...	Karetzky
	Camilla Spira	...	Juwelen-Anna
	Paul Henckels	...	Lithograph / Litographer
	Otto Wernicke	...	Kriminalkomissar Lohmann / Commissioner Lohmann
	Theodor Loos	...	Dr. Kramm
	Hadrian Maria Netto	...	Nicolai Griforiew (as Hadrian M. Netto)
	Paul Bernd	...	Erpresser / Blackmailer
	Henry Pleß	...	Bulle
	Adolf E. Licho	...	Dr. Hauser
	Oscar Beregi Sr.	...	Prof. Dr. Baum (as Oscar Beregi)
	Wera Liessem	...	Lilli

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Storyline

Berlin police inspector Lohmann investigates a case, in which all clues lead to a man, who's in a hospital for mental illnesses for since many years - Dr. Mabuse. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>

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Fritz Lang's Meisterwerk. Der Gewaltigste Film der Gegenwart. (Fritz Lang's masterpiece. The most tremendous film of the present.)

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Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

1952 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Das Tagebuch des Dr. Mabuse See more »

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nero-Film AG See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Tobis-Klangfilm)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

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Trivia

In his autobiography "Timebends," Arthur Miller speculates that his unconscious mind picked the name "Loman" for Willy Loman, the protagonist of his greatest play, "Death of a Salesman" (1947), from the name of Kriminalkomissar Lohmann in "Das Testament das Dr. Mabuse." See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Hofmeister supposedly scratches Mabuse's name in a window pane of his apartment with a ring, but Hofmeister is not wearing any rings when Division 2-B enter his apartment. See more »

Quotes

Kriminalkomissar Lohmann: [during a shoot-out] I'm getting fed up with this!
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Connections

Referenced in One, Two, Three (1961) See more »

Soundtracks

"Die Walküre (The Valkyries)"
(1856) (uncredited)
Written by Richard Wagner
Portion hummed by Klaus Pohl See more »

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (original title)

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