Dr Mabuse, der Spieler = Dr. Mabuse, the gambler / Eureka video, Transit Film, Friedrich Wilhelm murnau Stiftung ; Uco-Film der Decla-Bioscop ; directed by Fritz Lang ; screenplay by Thea von Harbou ; produced by Erich Pommer ; produced for video by David Shepard.
Edition:
Ultimate ed.
Publisher:
Eureka Entertainment Ltd,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
2 videodiscs (155, 115 mins) : black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1922. Based on the novel Berliner Illustrierten Zeitung by Norbert Jacques. Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Alfred Abel, Bernhard Goetzke, Paul Richter, Robert Forster-Larrinaga, Karl Huszar, Grete Berger, Julius Falkenstein, Lydia Polechima, Julius Herrmann, Hans Adalbert von Schettow, Georg John. Picture format 1.33:1.
Contents:
pt. 1. The great gambler : a picture of our time -- pt. 2. Inferno : a game of people of our time.
Summary:
Lang's first film featuring the arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse is also an allegory about Weimar Germany. Mabuse maintains his wealth through counterfeiting, manipulating the stock exchange and his ability to bend weaker minds to his will. In part one Mabuse builds his empire, and casually ruins Count Told while entrancing the thrill-seeking Countess. In part 2 Mabuse turns from criminal to villain, murdering the Count and kidnapping the Countess. Mabuse is finally captured in his own hideaway, consumed by madness.
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