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Das Testament Des Dr. Mabuse ( Fritz Lang, 1933)
About this film
Hard-coded English subtitles. A new crime wave grips the city and all clues seem to lead to the nefarious Dr. Mabuse, even though he has been imprisoned in a mental asylum for nearly a decade. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse ( German : Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse ) is a One of Fritz Lang's most wellknown works, and a classic piece of German expressionism. A sequel to the silent film 'Dr. Mabuse, der spieler', archcriminal Mabuse has now been driven way beyond sanity and has spent the last eleven years in an asylum. Our dear doctor spent the first few years in a catatonic state, totally unreachable. Then one day something akin to progress was made. The patient started to scribble down what seemed like gibberish on the walls. The patient was given paper to write on, and since then Mabuse has been writing nonstop, line after line, paper after paper. Acknowledged doctor Baum has ever since taken a great deal of interest both in his patient and in this "work" of his. If one momentarily could just step inside Mabuse's sick and twisted mind, then a cure might be possible... And then it happens. Baum manages to decipher the text, and realizes that what he has in his hand might very well be a…
Directors & creators
Seymour Nebenzal
Subjects
Film-Noire, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Fritz Lang
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