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The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

starring: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Wolfgang Preiss, Gert Fröbe, Werner Peters
directed by: Fritz Lang

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305907961
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 630590796X
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 18, 2000
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 31600
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1960



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Description:
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.

Amazon.com:
Fritz Lang's all-but-unseen final film, a low-budget German thriller that resurrects (sort of) his legendary underworld genius Dr. Mabuse, is a flashback to Lang's early days of criminal conspiracies and wild, fast-paced adventures. A relentless police inspector (Gert Goldfinger Fröbe) targets the Nazi-built Hotel Luxor as the central connection in over a dozen murders and camps out in the lobby. Upstairs an American industrialist (played by the very German Peter Van Eyck) rescues a suicidal woman (Dawn Addams) from the ledge and falls in love, while in the basement a mysterious, club-footed character watches everything on an elaborate closed-circuit surveillance system. Rounding out the cast of shady characters are a jovial but nosy insurance salesman, a creepy blind psychic, and a particularly menacing Howard Vernon as an icy assassin with a silent rifle. The complicated, at times confusing plot is secondary to the web of blackmail, murder, secret identities, and incessant surveillance at the center of the conspiracy: everyone is spying on somebody and almost no one is as he or she seems. The generic sets and frankly cheep special effects are made up for with ingenious cinematic signatures (the opening assassination is a model of cool simplicity and striking suggestion), dark humor, a rich cast of vivid characters, and a driving pace that sends the film hurtling headlong toward a fatal climax. --Sean Axmaker



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - A Fitting Coda
"The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse" (1960) marked director Fritz Lang's final film. At age 70, Lang returned ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse - DVD MAJOR GLITCHES
There are two major glitches in this DVD. At the end of chapter 8 and again in chapter 25 at the 2:30 mark, ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Last Fritz Lang "Mabuse" film is a Treasure!
This disk is one of my favorites. Although not quite up to the standards of it's two predecessors, the Third ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - One of a kind movie
A truly unique movie that was way ahead of its time in exploring the theme of the loss of privacy in the modern ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
Last movie of german-american director Fritz Lang, 1000 EYES OF DR MABUSE must not be neglected even if one can ... Read More

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