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Film / 1933
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Directed by
Fritz Lang
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.
The story
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.
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Cast
Rudolf Klein-RoggeDr. Mabuse
Oscar Beregi Sr.Prof. Dr. Baum
Camilla SpiraJuwelen-Anna
Otto WernickeKommissar Lohmann
Paul HenckelsLithograph
Theo LingenKaretzky
Rudolf SchündlerHardy
Theodor LoosDr. Kramm
Karl MeixnerHofmeister
Gustav DiesslKent
Gerhard Bienert
Josef Dahmen
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Georg JohnBaums Diener
Hans SalcherHans
Henry PleßBulle
Paul BerndErpresser
Hadrian Maria NettoNicolai Griforiew
Adolf E. LichoDr. Hauser
Wera LiessemLilli
Karl Platen
Paul Rehkopf
Franz Stein
Ludwig StösselArbeiter
Eduard Wesener
Bruno Ziener
Heinrich Gotho
Michael von Newlinsky
Anna Goltz
Heinrich Gretler
Klaus Pohl
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