The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
April 21, 1933Release Date
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
April 21, 1933Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Dr. Mabuse
Oscar Beregi Sr.
Prof. Dr. Baum
Otto Wernicke
Inspector Karl Lohmann
Camilla Spira
Juwelen-Anna
Thomy Bourdelle
Professeur Baum
Gustav Diessl
Thomas Kent
Paul Henckels
Lithograph
Rudolf Schündler
Hardy
Jim Gérald
Commissaire Lohmann
Theodor Loos
Dr. Kramm
Oskar Höcker
Bredow
Karl Meixner
Hofmeister
Theo Lingen
Karetzky
Monique Rolland
Lilli
Maurice Maillot
Thomas Kent
Fritz Lang
Director
Georg John
Baums Diener
Norbert Jacques
Writer
Hans Salcher
Hans
René Sti
Writer
Henry Pleß
Bulle
Thea von Harbou
Writer
Paul Bernd
Erpresser
Hadrian Maria Netto
Nicolai Griforiew
Adolf E. Licho
Dr. Hauser
Seymour Nebenzal
Producer
Wera Liessem
Lilli
Hans Erdmann
Composer
Károly Vass
Cinematographer
Fritz Arno Wagner
Cinematographer
Conrad von Molo
Editor
Ludwig Stössel
Arbeiter
Lothar Wolf
Editor
Karl Vollbrecht
Art Direction
Emil Hasler
Art Direction
Adolf Jansen
Sound Designer
Franz Siebert
Makeup Artist
Lothar Wolff
Editor
Hans Kothe
Costume Design
Walter Sieber
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 21, 1933
Original NameDas Testament des Dr. Mabuse
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 2m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$27,690
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Wiki.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (German: Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse), also called The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse, is a 1933 German crime-thriller film directed by Fritz Lang. The movie is a sequel to Lang's silent film Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) and features many cast and crew members from Lang's previous films. Dr. Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) is in an insane asylum where he is found frantically writing his crime plans. When Mabuse's criminal plans begin to be implemented, Inspector Lohmann (Otto Wernicke) tries to find the solution with clues from gangster Thomas Kent (Gustav Diessl), the institutionalized Hofmeister (Karl Meixner) and Professor Baum (Oscar Beregi Sr.) who becomes obsessed with Dr. Mabuse.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse was based on elements of author Norbert Jacques' unfinished novel Mabuse's Colony. It was Lang's second sound film for Nero-Film and was his final collaboration with screenwriter Thea von Harbou, then his wife. To promote the film to a foreign market, a French-language version of the film was made by Lang with the same sets but different actors with the title Le Testament du Dr. Mabuse.
According to Siegfried Kracauer, Lang intended the film to suggest the Mabuse-like qualities of Adolf Hitler, who was on his rise to become Chancellor of Germany while the film was being written. When Hitler came to power, Joseph Goebbels became Minister of Propaganda and banned the film in Germany, suggesting that the film would undermine the audience's confidence in its statesmen. The French-language and German-language versions of the film were released in Europe while several versions of the film were released in the United States to mixed reception with each re-release. The sequel The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) was also directed by Lang. Critics have received the film favorably, and it has influenced filmmakers Claude Chabrol and Artur Brauner.