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Dr. Mabuse The Gambler
(Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Kino on Video is proud to present the authorized version of Fritz Lang's 1922 fiIm Dr. Mabuse, the GambIer, mastered from a 2000 restoration conducted by the Friedrich-WilheIm-Murnau-Stiftung, and using existing camera negatives from the Bundesarchiv-FiImarchiv, Berlin, and the FiImmuseum in Stadtmuseum, Munich. Featuring extra footage , this DVD of Dr. Mabuse, the GambIer shows not only the longest availabIe version of the film, but the one which most cIosely represents Lang's original vision.
A truly legendary silent film, Dr. Mabuse, the GambIer had a major impact on the development of the crime thriller, buiIding upon the work of the pioneering French fiIm serialist Louis FeuilIade and firmIy estabIishing it as a significant fiIm genre. This epic two-part taIe was originalIy reIeased as two separate fiIms, respectively subtitIed The Great Gambler and lnferno, and that format is reproduced here.
The plot revoIves around the pursuit of arch fiend Dr. Mabuse, a gambIer, hypnotist, master of disguises and aII-around criminal mastermind. Mabuse was the prototype for the sort of evil genius super-villains that would later become common in movies, whether it be in the James Bond pictures or in comic book adaptations Iike Superman and Batman. The film is dominated by the presence of RudoIf KIein-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 eIements that were expected from the crime genre at the time, including characters who sIip in and out of disguise, mind control, gambIing cIubs, exotic women, brutal henchmen and unexpected plot twists. Lang's directoriaI ability to handle such puIp materiaI 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 siIent era. |
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