The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (ger. Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse) is a 1933 movie by director Fritz Lang, a sequel to two of his previous works, Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler and M. The film was Lang's second sound film and the second to feature Dr. Mabuse as a villain. Many modern filmmakers, including Claude Chabrol, have named Testament as the movie which inspired them in turn to make films.
The film opens in a noisy print shop, where a young man is s...
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (ger. Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse) is a 1933 movie by director Fritz Lang, a sequel to two of his previous works, Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler and M. The film was Lang's second sound film and the second to feature Dr. Mabuse as a villain. Many modern filmmakers, including Claude Chabrol, have named Testament as the movie which inspired them in turn to make films.
The film opens in a noisy print shop, where a young man is spying on the activities. He is detected but manages to elude the criminal's attacks. He, now revealed to be a disgraced police detective named Hofmeister (Karl Meixner), phones his former superior Inspector Karl Lohmann (Otto Wernicke) and frantically tells him that he has discovered a huge criminal conspiracy and found out the name of the head man. However, before he can disclose the name, the lights go out, shots are fired and Hofmeister is heard singing, driven to madness. Hofmeister vanishes and when he is found later, starts singing every...
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