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A Film byiFritz Lang
Locked away in an asylum for a decade and teetering between life and death, the criminal mastermind Doctor Mabuse (Rudolf Klein Rogge) has scribbled his last will and testament: a manifesto establishing a future empire of crime. When the document's nefarious writings start leading to terrifying parallels in reality, it's up to Berlin's star detective, Inspector Lohmann (Otto Wernicke, reprising his role from M) to connect the most fragmented, maddening clues in a case unlike any other. A sequel to his enormously successful silent film Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler, Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse reunites the director with the character that had effectively launched his career. Lang put slogans and ideas expounded by the Nazis into the mouth of a madman, warning his audience of an imminent menace, which was soon to become a reality. Nazi Minister of Information Joseph Goebels saw the film as an instruction manual for terrorist action against the government and banned it for endangering public order and security. A landmark of mystery and suspense for countless espionage and noir thrillers to come, this is the complete, uncut original director's version in a stunning new high definition transfer.
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Features:
| Disc One
Audio Commentary by David Kalat, author of The Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse
Disc Two
Excerpts from For Example Fritz Lang (Zum Beispiel Fritz Lang), a 1964 interview with Lang, directed by famed German documentarian Erwin Leiser (Mein Kampf)
Mabuse in Mind (Mabuse im Gedachtnis), a 1984 film by Thomas Honickel featuring an interview with actor Rudolf Schundler
Comparison between the 1933 German version, the French version, and The Crimes of Dr. Mabuse, the edited and dubbed American version of the film
Interview with German Mabuse expert Michael Farin about writer Norbert Jacques, creator of the Mabuse character
Rare Production design drawings by art director Emil Hasler (M, The Blue Angel)
Collection of Memorabilia, press books, stills, and posters.
Complete French language version of the film, Le Testament du Mr. Mabuse, filmed simultaneously by Lang with French actors.
Plus: a new essay by Tom Gunning, author of The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity
| Video:
| | Standard 1.33:1 B&W | | Audio: (more info) | GERMAN: Dolby Digital Mono
| Subtitles:
| | English
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| Studio: Criterion
Production Year: 1933
Release Date: 5/18/2004
Length: 121 mins
Rating: NR
| Includes: Audio Commentary
Packaging: Custom Case
Number of Discs: 2
Disc: SS-DL
Item Code: TES040
UPC Code: 037429187227
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