The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse German Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse is a 1933 German crime film directed by Fritz Lang. The movie is a sequel to Langs silent film Dr. Mabuse the Gambler 1922 and features many cast and crew members from Langs previous films. The film features Rudolf KleinRogge as Dr. Mabuse who is in an insane asylum where he is found frantically writing his crime plans. When Mabuses criminal plans begin to be implemented, Inspector Lohmann played by Otto Wernicke tries to find the solution with clues from gangster Thomas Kent Gustav Diessl, the institutionalized Hofmeister Karl Meixner and Professor Baum Oscar Beregi Sr. who becomes obsessed with Dr. Mabuse.
In a noisy print shop, a disgraced police detective named Hofmeister Karl Meixner escapes from pursuing criminals attacks. Hofmeister telephones his former superior Inspector Karl Lohmann Otto Wernicke and explains frantically that he has discovered a huge criminal conspiracy. Before he can disclose the identity of responsible criminal, the lights go out, shots are fired, and Hofmeister becomes mad. Hofmeister vanishes only to be found later singing every time he feels watched, and he is institutionalized at Professor Baums asylum.Professor Baum Oscar Beregi, Sr. introduces the case of Dr. Mabuse Rudolf KleinRogge, the criminal mastermind and hypnotist who ten years earlier went mad. Mabuse spends his days frantically writing detailed plans for crimes while a criminal gang is committing them according to the plans of the Doctor, with whom they confer only from behind a curtain. When Baums colleague Dr. Kramm Theodor Loos by chance discovers that recent crimes implement Mabuses writings, Kramm is shot by the gangs execution squad, Hardy and Bredow. A clue scratched in a glass window pane at Hofmeisters crime scene causes Lohmann to suspect Mabuse. On arrival at the asylum, Baum reveals that Mabuse has died. When Lohmann disparagingly talks about Mabuse the criminal, Baum emphatically speaks about Mabuse the genius. ........
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