The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
April 21, 1933Release Date
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
April 21, 1933Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Dr. Mabuse
Oscar Beregi Sr.
Prof. Dr. Baum
Camilla Spira
Juwelen-Anna
Thomy Bourdelle
Professeur Baum
Otto Wernicke
Kommissar Lohmann
Paul Henckels
Lithograph
Theo Lingen
Karetzky
Rudolf Schündler
Hardy
Jim Gérald
Commissaire Lohmann
Theodor Loos
Dr. Kramm
Oskar Höcker
Bredow
Karl Meixner
Hofmeister
Gustav Diessl
Kent
Monique Rolland
Lilli
Maurice Maillot
Thomas Kent
Gerhard Bienert
Georg John
Baums Diener
Hans Salcher
Hans
René Sti
Writer
Henry Pleß
Bulle
Paul Bernd
Erpresser
Hadrian Maria Netto
Nicolai Griforiew
Adolf E. Licho
Dr. Hauser
Wera Liessem
Lilli
Ludwig Stössel
Arbeiter
Thea von Harbou
Screenplay
Lothar Wolff
Editor
Fritz Lang
Director / Screenplay / Producer
Hans Erdmann
Original Music Composer
Fritz Arno Wagner
Director of Photography
Seymour Nebenzal
Producer
Conrad von Molo
Editor / Sound Editor
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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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. The sequel The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) was also directed by Lang. Although it initially received a mixed reception, critics would later review the film favorably, and it has influenced filmmakers Claude Chabrol and Artur Brauner.