Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse (1960)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Fritz Lang

Writers:

Fritz Lang (screenplay) and
Heinz Oskar Wuttig (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 September 1960 (West Germany)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Wiesbaden. La polizia criminale è in allarme per una serie di delitti misteriosi che hanno come punto in comune l'albergo Luxor...

Plot Keywords:

Megalomaniac | Good Versus Evil | Sequel | Megalomanical | Character Name In Title

Cast

Dawn Addams	...	Marion Menil
Peter van Eyck	...	Henry B. Travers
Wolfgang Preiss	...	Prof. Dr. S. Jordan / Peter Cornelius / Dr. Mabuse (also as Lupo Prezzo)
Gert Fröbe	...	Kriminalkommissar Kras
Werner Peters	...	Hieronymus B. Mistelzweig
Andrea Checchi	...	Hoteldetektiv Berg (as Andrea Checci)
Howard Vernon	...	No. 12
Nico Pepe	...	Hotel-Manager
David Cameron	...	Michael Parker (as David Camerone)
Jean-Jacques Delbo	...	Cornelius' Butler
Marielouise Nagel	...	The Blonde Luck
Reinhard Kolldehoff	...	Roberto Menil alias 'Klumpfuß'
Lotti Alberti	...	Schwester Agnes
Albert Bessler	...	Hotel-Ingenieur
Manfred Grothe	...	Kriminalassistent Keyser

Also Known As:

Diabolical Dr. Mabuse
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse
Eyes of Evil
Il diabolico Dr. Mabuse (Italy)
Le diabolique docteur Mabuse (France)
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (USA) (alternative spelling)
The Shadow vs. the Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (USA)
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (USA)

Runtime:

USA:103 min | Germany:98 min | UK:103 min | Italy:104 min

Country:

France | Italy | West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | West Germany:12 (w) | West Germany:16 (w) (nf) (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

CEI Incom

Trivia:

Fritz Lang's final directorial project.

Quotes:

Hieronymus Balthasar Mistelzweig: Hieronymus B. Mistelzweig - B steht für Bauch

Movie Connections:

Followed by Dr. Mabuse (2010)

Do yourself a favor...don't read the credits.

This is a great little whodunit and an excellent start to the revival of Fritz Lang's great Dr. Mabuse series. It is very reminiscent of the earlier films in the twenties and thirties, particularly Le Testament Du Dr. Mabuse, from which Lang lifts and modernizes many situations.

I said don't read the credits in the title to this review because guessing who is actually the mastermind Mabuse is half of the fun...there are a lot of red herrings that don't play out until the last fifteen minutes of the movie.

This was the first movie in the new Mabuse series and I would recommend anyone delving into the world of Dr. Mabuse use this as a starting point (especially if none of the silents or early talkies are available in your area).