Dr. Mabuse the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (German: Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler) is the first film in the Dr. Mabuse series, about the character Doctor Mabuse who featured in the novels of Norbert Jacques. It was directed by Fritz Lang and released in 1922. The film is silent and filmed mostly 16 frames per second. It would be followed by The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) and The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960). It is about four hours long and divided into two parts... More

Initial release date:

  • 1922

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 4 h 2 min

Also known as:

  • Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler 1. Teil: Der grosse Spieler - Ein Bild unserer Zeit,
  • Inferno, A Play of People in Our Time,
  • Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler 2. Teil: Infemo - Ein Spiel von Menschen unserer Zeit,
  • Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler - Teil 1: Der Grosse Spieler,
  • Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Teil 2: Inferno, ein Spiel von Menchen unserer Zeit,
  • Dr.Mabuse, der Spieler (Teil 1),
  • Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit

Film

Directed by

Fritz Lang

Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film...

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Release date(s):

  • 1922

Runtime:

  • 4 h 2 min
  • 4 h 30 min
  • 2 h 35 min
  • 1 h 55 min
  • 2 h 20 min
  • 2 h 10 min
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