Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler(Movie, 1922)

Name: Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1922
Duration: T04:31:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" (German/DE)

4h 31min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 81 votes)

Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (German: Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler) is the first film in the Dr. Mabuse series about the character Doctor Mabuse who featured in the novels of Norbert Jacques. It was directed by Fritz Lang and released in 1922. The film is silent and would be followed by the sound sequels The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) and The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960). It is four and a half hours long and divided into two parts, originally released a month apart: Der große Spieler: Ein Bild der Zeit and Inferno: Ein Spiel von Menschen unserer Zeit. The title, Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, makes use of three meanings of the German Der Spieler which can mean gambler, puppeteer, or actor. The character Dr. Mabuse, who disguises himself, manipulates people, and is a notorious gambler, embodies all senses of the word. Therefore, the Player might be a more appropriate translation of the title. The film is included in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, being the first of five Lang films to be included. ()

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About Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.

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Additional Information

Production country: Germany

Plays in: Germany

Made by: Uco-Film GmbH

Original language: German (DE)

Spoken languages: No Language (XX)

Translated into 13 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 08/08/1927 (World premiere: 04/27/1922)

Appearing Characters: Doctor Mabuse

Cast: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Alfred Abel, Bernhard Goetzke, Anita Berber, Hans Junkermann, Adele Sandrock, Paul Richter, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Georg John, Julius Falkenstein, Grete Berger, Edgar Pauly, Lydia Potechina, Charles Puffy, Erich Walter, Max Adalbert, Paul Biensfeldt, Gustav Botz, Lil Dagover, Heinrich Gotho, Gottfried Huppertz, Adolf Klein, Károly Huszár

Director: Fritz Lang

Producer: Erich Pommer

Screenwriter: Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou

Director of Photography: Carl Hoffmann

Composer: Konrad Elfers

Production Designer: Otto Hunte

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"El doctor Mabuse"

"Доктор Мабузе, играчът"

"Dr. Mabuse, o Inferno do Crime"

"Mabuse, le joueur"

"Doktor Mabuse, dobrodruh"

"Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit"

"Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler. Erster Teil: Der grosse Spieler. Ein Bild der Zeit."

"Dr. Mabuse, Inferno des Verbrechens"

"Dr. Mabuse - mängija"

"Inferno"

"Dr. Mabuse: El gran jugador [Part I]"

"Dr. Mabuse: El infierno [Part II]"

"El doctor Mabuse"

"La pasión fatal del Doctor Mabuse"

"Tri Mabuse: ihmispeto"

"Tri Mabuse: rikosten pyörteissä"

"Le Dr. Mabuse"

"Mabuse le démon du crime"

"Mabuse le joueur"

"Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler. Part One: The Great Gambler. An Image of the Time."

"Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler. Part Two: Inferno. A Game of People of Our Time."

"Dr. Mabuse"

"ドクトル・マブゼ"

"Doctor Mabuse"

"Dr. Mabuse"

"Doktor Mabuse"

"Доктор Мабузе, коцкар"

"Doktor Mabuse, der Spieler"

"The Fatal Passion"

Keywords: stock exchange, german expressionism, disguise, inflation, magic, identity, movie serial, mask, counterfeit, dollar, criminal, silent film, psychiatrist

Color: Black & White (B/W)

8 movies in the Dr. Mabuse Collection

1922 Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

1933 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse ("Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse")

1960 The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse ("Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse")

1961 The Return of Dr. Mabuse ("Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse")

1962 The Invisible Dr. Mabuse ("Die unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr. Mabuse")

1962 The Terror of Doctor Mabuse ("Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse")

1963 Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard ("Scotland Yard jagt Dr. Mabuse")

1964 The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse ("Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse")

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