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Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler is the eight-reel version of Fritz Lang's twenty reeler, two-part silent thriller, Dr. Mabuse. Mabuse (Rudolph Klein-Rogge) a sinister mesmerist/psychiatrist, toys with the weaknesses of the rich and influential. He worms his way into the confidence of wealthy men, plays cards with them, hypnotizes them into cheating at their businesses, then puts them in a position to be blackmailed so that he can corner the stock market. A devilishly ingenious plan-but Mabuse is up
Unrated, 4 hr. 2 min.
Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Jan 1, 1922 Wide
Aug 28, 2001
All Critics (12) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (1) | DVD (10)
Plays like the stream of a not very pleasant consciousness.
Though disjointed and poorly paced and the plot makes little sense, there are inspirational moments throughout.
One of the silent era's best and most exciting epics, the hyper-modern Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler has scarcely aged a day in nearly ninety years.
Uneven but sometimes outstanding film.
Straightforward enough -- but also unique enough -- to provide an excellent primer to Lang's early work.
"Tsi-Nan-Fu!" Go forth and do the bidding I have coded in this review.
This Mabuse has only pretensions to myth; he's as mortal as they come and Lang's film slowly (very slowly) leads him down a Fibonacci-spiraled path to the one true salvation--insanity.
In Europe Mabuse is as familiar an icon of horror as Count Dracula or Frankenstein's Monster. It began here, with Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler ('...the Gambler').
[Image Entertainment DVD's] enjoyable scene-specific commentary by Lang expert David Kalat ... does what a commentary is supposed to do: it provides depth and understanding in an entertaining fashion.
Lang's introduction to Mabuse is typical of his early work in being disorganised and erratically paced as a narrative, but shot through with flashes of inspiration.
This is wonderfully exuberant cinema, delighting in the possibilities of the art form.
An ambitious tale that blends crime, mystery and horror. Starring an arch villain who lays in the same snake pit with the likes of Fu Manchu, Svengali, professor Moriarty, Fantomas and dear old Dr. Caligari. despite its excessive duration, it delivers a superb interpretation by Rudolf Klein-Rogge and the visual power
March 5, 2008Super Reviewer
It's a four hour long silent film but it didn't bore me not even for a second thanks to the great story & Lang's masterful direction, One of the best & most entertaining silent films I've ever seen
August 23, 2009Super Reviewer
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