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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)

Crime Thriller
Release Date: 1922, April 27
Directors: Fritz Lang
Countries: Germany
Production: Uco-Film GmbH
Cast: Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Grete Berger, Heinrich Gotho, Georg John, Olaf Storm, Károly Huszár, Gustav Botz, Paul Richter, Lil Dagover, Bernhard Goetzke, Hans Adalbert Schlettow

Overview:

Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.

Keywords:

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