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The Return of Dr. Mabuse

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6.1/10 • 17

1961-01-011h 25m

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The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and an American - who may be an FBI agent, or maybe a Chicago mobster - investigate a series of gruesome murders connected to a maximum security prison and involving a minister who has written a book called "The Anatomy Of The Devil".

Directors
Harald Reinl
Editors
Hermann Haller

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  1. Gert Fröbe

    Gert Fröbe

    Lohmann

  2. Lex Barker

    Lex Barker

    Joe Como

  3. Daliah Lavi

    Daliah Lavi

    Maria Sabrehm

  4. Werner Peters

    Werner Peters

    Böhmler

  5. Fausto Tozzi

    Fausto Tozzi

    Warden Wolf

  6. Joachim Mock

    Joachim Mock

    Detective Voss

  7. Rudolf Forster

    Rudolf Forster

    Julius Sabrehm

  8. Rudolf Fernau

    Rudolf Fernau

    Reverend Brietenstein

  9. Albert Bessler

    Albert Bessler

    Black Cloaked Peddler

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talisencrw

Apr 9, 2016

8/10

As I generally greatly detest sequels, reboots and the like, especially of great filmic franchises created and led by outstanding filmmakers (ie., the Mabuse character and Fritz Lang) I initially had quite guarded reservations about seeing Reinl's version here. But it had significant strengths that made me quickly realize my fears were undeserved and that I, in fact, was in for a treat. The pace is whipcrack, the plot is intense and in Commissioner Lohmann, the villainous 'Goldfinger' (an excellent Gert Fröbe) pulls off a gritty cross between an Ed Asner and a Popeye Doyle-era Gene Hackman. I love how one of the ways Mabuse resorts to do away with pests pays homage to Lang's 'The Testament of Dr. Mabuse' from three decades prior. It certainly made me wary of churches, one-legged men and even laundry workers, for crying out loud, and part of the fear the film brings across is because in the back of our minds, we know this is precisely how the Nazis operated, studying fluoride as a mind-control agent. If there is any negative I got from the film, the Berlin police department (good ol' Lohmann notwithstanding) seemed the most unintelligent and incompetent sleuthing force this side of Inspector Clouseau. Definitely recommended for fans of thrillers and spy films.

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Status
Released
Original Language
German
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