Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The
Criterion/Voyager (1933)
Crime, Drama, Foreign, Horror, Thriller
In Collection
#12765
0*
Seen It:  Yes
037429187227
IMDB   7.8
1 hr 28 mins Germany / German
DVD  Region 1   NR
Rudolf Klein-Rogge Dr. Mabuse
Gustav Diessl Thomas Kent
Rudolf Schündler Hardy
Oskar Hocker Bredow
Theo Lingen Karetzky
Camilla Spira Juwelen-Anna
Paul Henckels Lithograph / Litographer
Otto Wernicke Kriminalkomissar Lohmann / Commissioner Lohmann
Theodor Loos Dr. Kramm
Hadrian Maria Netto Nicolai Griforiew
Paul Bernd Erpresser / Blackmailer
Henry Pleß Bulle
Adolf E. Licho Dr. Hauser
Oscar Beregi Sr. Prof. Dr. Baum
Wera Liessem Lilli
Director
Fritz Lang
Werner Klingler
Producer Fritz Lang
Seymour Nebenzal
Writer Fritz Lang
Thea Von Harbou
Cinematography Fritz Arno Wagner
Karl Vash
Musician Hans Erdmann
Walter Sieber


Fritz Lang directed this sequel to his nearly four-hour Dr. Mabuse silent of 1922. The film opens with Detective Hofmeister (Karl Meixner) spying on the activities of a criminal syndicate. Not realizing he has been seen, Hofmeister is attacked by the thugs and later turns up out of his mind.
Edition Details
Edition Criterion
Release Date 5/18/2004
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Dolby Digital Mono [German]
Mono [German]
SUB [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 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