THE THOUSAND EYES OF DR. MABUSE by legendary director Fritz Lang (M, METROPOLIS, THE BIG HEAT) commences with a reporter being murdered in his car by a mysterious assassin. Simultaneously, Cornelious, a blind seer, predicts a murder at the police station just as an anonymous caller is phoning in a tip to the police. So begins the third installment in Lang's Dr. Mabuse trilogy. Invoking crime serials of the early days of cinema, the film takes place in post-war Berlin, where the swanky hotel Luxor is the locus of a disturbing ten-year crime spree. Every room is closely watched from a surveillance headquarters in the basement of the hotel, and a gang of criminals taking their orders from a mysterious leader's recorded voice plan a vast range of crimes, including the theft of military secrets and the explosion of a nuclear weapons plant. Police commissioner Krause and his men relentlessly search for clues, while hotel guests Marion, a suicidal young woman, and Travers, a millionaire planning to buy the nuclear weapons plant, spark up a romance. Undercover spies, two way mirrors, double agents, club-footed assassins and pre-modern surveillance technology create a frenetic and breakneck atmosphere as the plot escalates into a series of stylized twists that only Fritz Lang could dream up.

Fritz Lang said of making a final version of Dr. Mabuse in 1960 that it would be "a way of saying certain things about our time."

The Hotel Luxor in the film is based on the Hotel Adlon in Berlin, which the Nazis had planned to set aside for foreign visitors and businessmen after the war and equip it with modern surveillance equipment.

The art directors were former collaborators of Langs from his golden age in Germany.

Gert Frobe who plays the police commisioner would later go on to play Gold Finger in the famed James bond film of the same name.

THE THOUSAND EYES OF DR. MABUSE was never released nationwide in th United States.

Other titles for this same film include THE SECRET OF DR. MABUSE and THE DIABOLICAL DR. MABUSE.

DVD Features:

Region 0
Snap Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.66
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - English
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - German
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos

Distributor Notes: The last film ever made by the great Fritz Lang (Metropolis, M, The Big Heat), this fascinating thriller combines elements of film noir, horror, and science fiction. Gert Frobe (Goldfinger) stars as police commissioner Kras, trying to uncover the sinister secret of the mysterious Hotel Luxor, ground zero for a massive crime wave. The crimes show all the hallmarks of evil genius Dr. Mabuse--but he died 30 years ago! Digitally restored from original studio negatives.

Source: Image Entertainment, Inc.

Gert Frobe: German Character Actor
Wolfgang Preiss: German Character Actor

Fritz Lang: German director, METROPOLIS

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