The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse is a 1933 German crime thriller film by Fritz Lang that blends expressionist style with early noir elements in a story of criminal conspiracy and psychological manipulation.

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instanceOf German film
black-and-white film
crime film
film
thriller film
bannedBy Nazi Germany
surface form: Nazi regime in Germany
banReason alleged subversive content
basedOn Dr. Mabuse character by Norbert Jacques
cinematographyBy Fritz Arno Wagner
countryOfOrigin Germany
director Fritz Lang
distributedBy Universum Film AG
featuresCharacter Dr. Mabuse
Inspector Lohmann
followedBy The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
follows Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
format 35 mm
genre crime
film noir precursor
psychological thriller
thriller
hasBlackAndWhiteVersion yes
historicalContext late Weimar cinema
influenced European crime thrillers
later film noir
leadActor Otto Wernicke
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
musicBy Hans Erdmann NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus mastermind controlling crime from an asylum
notableFor critique of totalitarian methods
innovative use of sound design
transition from silent-era style to sound cinema
originalLanguage German
partOfSeries Dr. Mabuse (fictional character)
surface form: Dr. Mabuse film series
portrays criminal conspiracy
psychological manipulation
producedBy Seymour Nebenzal
productionCompany Nero-Film
releaseYear 1933
runtime approximately 121 minutes
screenwriter Fritz Lang
Thea von Harbou
setInPeriod Weimar-to-Nazi Germany transition era
setting Berlin
sound sound film
style German Expressionist cinema
surface form: German Expressionism

early film noir elements

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Fritz Lang notableWork The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Fritz Lang directed The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler followedBy The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang notableWork The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
subject surface form: Fritz Lang