Dr. Mabuse
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Doctor Mabuse is a fictional character created by Norbert Jacques, made famous by the three films Austrian director Fritz Lang made about him over a period of almost 40 years. Although the character was designed to deliberately mimic pulp-style villains in the mold of Dr. Fu Manchu and Fantômas, the latter of which was a direct inspiration, Jacques' aim was both to capture the commercial success of such pulp tales and to make political comment on the establishment of the day, in much the same way that the silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) had done just a few years previously.
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Filmography
- Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922), directed by Fritz Lang.
- English title: Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler.
- Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933), directed by Fritz Lang.
- English title: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
- A French-language version was filmed at the same time, on the same sets, but with a different cast.
- The Crimes of Dr. Mabuse is a truncated, reorganized and redubbed adaptation of The Testament of Dr. Mabuse made primarily for U. S. audiences.
- Die Tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse (1960), directed by Fritz Lang, produced by Artur Brauner
- English title: The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse.
- Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse (1961), directed by Harald Reinl, produced by Artur Brauner.
- English title: The Return of Dr. Mabuse (literally; In the steel web of Dr. Mabuse).
- Die unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr. Mabuse (1962), directed by Harald Reinl, produced by Artur Brauner.
- English title: The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (literally: The Invisible Claws of Dr. Mabuse).
- Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1962), directed by Werner Klingler, produced by Artur Brauner, a remake of the 1933 film.
- English title: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse).
- Scotland Yard jagt Dr. Mabuse (1963), directed by Paul May, produced by Artur Brauner.
- English title: Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard (literally: Scotland Yard hunts Dr. Mabuse).
- Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse (1963), directed by Hugo Fregonese, produced by Artur Brauner.
- English title: The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (literally: The Death Rays of Dr. Mabuse).
- La Venganza del Dr. Mabuse (1970), directed by Jess Franco.
- English title: The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse.
- Docteur M (1989), directed by Claude Chabrol.
- English title: Club Extinction.
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