DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER

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• Release Year: 1922
• Genre: Classic; Foreign; Horror; Mystery; Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Kino on Video is proud to present the authorized version of Fritz Lang's 1922 film 'Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler', mastered from a 2000 restoration conducted by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, and using existing camera negatives from the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, Berlin, and the Filmmuseum in Stadtmuseum, Munich. Featuring extra footage (which reveals more plot information, more close-ups, and a decidedly more provocative and lurid atmosphere), this DVD of 'Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler' shows not only the longest available version of the film, but the one which most closely represents Lang's original vision.; A truly legendary silent film, 'Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler' had a major impact on the development of the crime thriller, building upon the work of the pioneering French film serialist Louis Feuillade ('Les Vampires') and firmly establishing it as a significant film genre. This epic two-part tale was originally released as two separate films, respectively subtitled 'The Great Gambler' and 'Inferno', and that format is reproduced here.; The plot revolves around the pusuit of arch fiend Dr. Mabuse, a gambler, hypnotist, master of disguises and all-around criminal mastermind. Mabuse was the prototype of the evil genius super-villains that would later become common in movies, whether it be in the James Bond pictures or in comic book adaptations like 'Superman' and 'Batman'. The film is dominated by the presence of Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Mabuse. A top German actor of the silent era, he is best known today for his performance as the mad scientist Rotwang in Lang's 'Metropolis'.; 'Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler' contains many of the elements that were expected from the crime genre at the time, including characters who slip in and out of disguise, mind control, gambling clubs, exotic women, brutal henchmen and unexpected plot twists. Lang's directorial ability to handle such pulp material in a masterful fashion, while also using it as a way to examine the decadence of Germany in the 1920s, reaffirms his status as one of the true greats of the silent era.
• Cast: Rudolf Klein-Rogge; Aud Egede Nissen; Gertrude Welcker; Alfred Abel; Bernhard Goetzke; Paul Richter; Robert Forster-Larrinaga; Hans Adalbert Schlettow; Georg John; Charles Puffy; Grete Berger; Julius Falkenstein; Lydia Potechina; Julius E. Herrmann; Julietta Brandt; Max Adalbert; Anita Berber; Paul Biensfeldt; Gustav Botz; Lil Dagover; Heinrich Gotho; Leonhard Haskel; Erner Huebsch; Gottfried Huppertz; Hans Junkermann; Adolf Klein; Erich Pabst; Edgar Pauly; Karl Platen; Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg; Adele Sandrock; Willy Schmidt-Gentner; Hans Sternberg; Olaf Storm; Oscar Stribolt; Erich Walter; Fritz Lang
• Director: Fritz Lang
• Runtime: 4:30
• Company: Kino Video
• Media Format: Movie