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The testament of Dr. Mabuse [videorecording (DVD)].

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Criterion Collection, c2004.

Demoniac possession -- Drama.

Criterion collection 231.

Video Difference legacy collection.

Alternate title:

Testament of Doctor Mabuse [videorecording (DVD)]

Testament des Dr. Mabuse [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

2-disc special ed

2 videodiscs (ca. 121 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm. + 1 folded sheet insert.

Based on characters and elements from the novel "Mabuse's Colony" by Norbert Jacques.

DVD release of the 1933 motion picture.

Special features: New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound ; audio commentary by David Kalat ; new and improved English subtitle translation ; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition ; Disc 2: complete French-language version of the film "Le testament du Dr. Mabuse" filmed simultaneously with French actors ; excerpts from "For example Fritz Lang", 1964 interview with Lang; "Mabuse in mind", 1984 film by Thomas Honickel featuring an interview with actor Rudolf Schündler ; comparison between the 1933 German version, the French version, and "The crimes of Dr. Mabuse", the edited and dubbed American version of the film ; interview with Mabuse expert Michael Farin about the literary inventor of the series, Norbert Jacques ; rare production designer drawings by art director Emil Hasler ; collection of memorabilia, press books, stills and posters ; plus, a new essay by Tom Gunning, author of The films of Fritz Lang: allegories of vision and modernity (folded sheet insert).

1.19:1 aspect ratio.

In German with optional English subtitles.

Ein Fritz Lang Film ; der Nero ; producer, Seymour Nebenzal ; screenplay, Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou ; director, Fritz Lang.

Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Dr. Mabuse with Otto Wernicke, Oscar Beregi, Sr., Oscar Höcker, Gustav Diessl, Wera Liessem, Karl Meixner, A.E. Licho, Theo Lingen, Klaus Pohl, Theodor Loos, Camilla Spira, Rudolf Schündler and George John.

"Locked away in an asylum for a decade and teetering between life and death, the criminal mastermind Doctor Mabuse (Rudolf Klein Rogge) has scribbled his last will and testament: a manifesto establishing a future empire of crime. When the document's nefarious writings start leading to terrifying parallels in reality, it's up to Berlin's star detective, Inspector Lohmann (Otto Wernicke, reprising his role from M) to connect the most fragmented, maddening clues in a case unlike any other. A sequel to his enormously successful silent film Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler, Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse reunites the director with the character that had effectively launched his career. Lang put slogans and ideas expounded by the Nazis into the mouth of a madman, warning his audience of an imminent menace, which was soon to become a reality. Nazi Minister of Information Joseph Goebels saw the film as an instruction manual for terrorist action against the government and banned it for endangering public order and security. A landmark of mystery and suspense for countless espionage and noir thrillers to come, this is the complete, uncut original director's version in a stunning new high definition transfer."--Container,

Doctor Mabuse films.

Jacques, Norbert, 1880-1954. Doktor Mabuse.

Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976.

Klein-Rogge, Rudolf.

Wernicke, Otto, 1893-1965.

Diessl, Gustav, 1899-1948.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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