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Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse = Testament of Dr. Mabuse ; ein Fritz Lang Film / a Janus Films presentation ; Nero Films ; screenplay, Thea von Harbou ; produced and directed by Fritz Lang.
LIBRA VHS PN1995.9.H6 T47 1994
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Doctor Mabuse films.
- Criminals--Germany--Drama.
- Criminals.
- Hypnotism and crime--Drama.
- Hypnotism and crime.
- Motion pictures, German.
- History.
- Germany--History--1918-1933--Drama.
- Germany.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Horror films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Testament des Doktor Mabuse
- Testament of Dr. Mabuse
- Testament of Doctor Mabuse
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : Home Vision Cinema ; Wilmette, Ill. : Public Media Inc. ; [New York, NY] : Janus Films, [1994?]
- Language Note:
- German with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- mono
- VHS
- Summary:
- In Lang's sequel to the 1922 silent film, Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, the villainous inmate of an insane asylum plots to crush society in a wave of theft and violence. The madman, who spouts actual Nazi slogans, hypnotizes the asylum's director to carry out the fiendish plan after his death.
- Participant:
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge (Dr. Mabuse), Gustav Diessl (Kent), Otto Wernicke (Lohmann), Oskar Beregi (Professor Baum), Wera Liessem (Lilli).
- Credits:
- Photography, Fritz Arno Wagner; music, Hans Erdmann.
- Notes:
- Videocassette release of 1933 motion picture filmed in both German and French versions (Le testament du docteur Mabuse, co-director, René Sti). It is also known as The last will of Dr. Mabuse and in 1953 was shortened and dubbed and released under the title The crimes of Dr. Mabuse.
- Based on the characters from the novel by Norbert Jacques.
- ISBN:
- 0780014634 :
- OCLC:
- 31470493
- Publisher Number:
- 037429073933
- TES 020 Public Media Home Vision
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