Dr. Mabuse the Gambler

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Plot: Includes both parts of Fritz Lang's Masterpiece! PART 1: Fritz Lang deftly evokes the soiled and shoddy world of crime-infested and inflation-racked post World War I Berlin in the first episode of his...( read more read more... ) masterpiece, DR. MABUSE THE GAMBLER, PART I. Using special effects, extremely complex editing, fade outs, animation techniques and superimpositions, Lang took the lessons he learned in the supernatural films of German expressionism and applied them to this epic story of the underside of Germany. Employing his supreme powers of disguise and hypnosis, Mabuse surrounds himself with loyal servants and criminal henchmen who assassinate his rivals, manipulate the stock market and seduce wealthy citizens out of their riches. In a seedy underground cabaret, Mabuse, with the help of beautiful dancer Cara Carozza, hypnotizes a bored, wealthy man named Hull. After losing large sums of money to a disguised Mabuse, Hull is warned by police detective Wenk that he has been the victim of a master criminal. Hull ignores the warning as he has been seduced by Cara into thinking it was an honest game. Meanwhile, Wenk solicits the assistance of rich Countess Told in his endless attempts to capture Mabuse and his gang. When Cara is arrested, Mabuse retaliates by kidnapping Countess Told and eluding Wenk and the police once again. PART 2: The dark and mystical adventure of criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse careens towards its stylized climax in the final episode, which is subtitled THE INFERNO. Part two delves further into Mabuse's maniacal manipulation and dastardly forays into illegal business, as he holds the wealthy Countess Told against her will and conspires against her husband by posing as a psychiatrist. Elaborate costumes and sets--as well as special effects and editing techniques that were well ahead of their time--lend DR. MABUSE DER SPIELER PART II an air of doom and mystery, as Detective Wenk follows Mabuse's wild goose chase further into the underworld of Berlin. Unable to convince Mabuse's former assistant, dancer, Cara Carozza to reveal his whereabouts, Wenk is fooled by a disguised Mabuse, to attend a hypnotism show by master hypnotist Weltman. The pace of the film mimics Wenk's speeding car as the police race to save Wenk from Mabuse's insidious plan and attempt to capture him at his headquarters. Using Countess Told as a shield, Mabuse attempts one last escape from the police. As the showdown erupts in a hail of bullets, leaving Mabuse's survival and ultimate legacy in question, Fritz Lang uses this complex tale of power and evil as a thinly veiled metaphor for the political state of 1920's Germany.

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  • tmwvalley
    tmwvalley
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    August 14, 2008
    It was good to see a Fritz Lang film which wasnt so well known as the likes of 'Metropolis'. Therefore I could see it with my own eyes without expectations of the quality. The acting was good, especially the main character Dr Mabuse played by Rudolf Klein-Rogge
    Interesting to see how films like this influenced many others in the history of cinema.
    Surprising how good the special effects were in 1922
    It is extremely long but it is in two parts so it doesn't have to be viewed in one sitting.
    But if you can sit through nearly five hours it is well worth it.
  • paladin98133
    paladin98133
    5.0 Stars
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    April 25, 2008
    Great crime thriller with a supernatural edge given to the title villain just to keep you guessing. Rudolf Klein-Rogge is well cast.
  • blars81980
    blars81980
    3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    February 17, 2008
    A little long for my taste but a nice film of a crime lord with many disguises and hypnotic trances. Very creepy atmosphere.
  • ElCochran90
    ElCochran90
    4.5 Stars
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    April 15, 2007
    Amazing and spellbinding Fritz Lang GIANT epic and a scary plot and atmosphere. May be 300 minutes long, but each minute is worth watching entirely.

    95/100

    P.D. Longest film (5 hours long) I've seen so far.

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  • Rated: (Unrated)
  • Directed by: Fritz Lang
  • Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Art House & International, Classics
  • Released: January 1, 1922
  • DVD Released: August 28, 2001

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