Testament of Dr. Mabuse [2 Discs]
Features:
- New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound, presented here in its original aspect ratio of 1.19:1 for the first time
- Audio commentary by David Kalat, author of "The Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse"
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
- Complete French-language version of the film, Le Testament du Dr. Mabuse, filmed simultaneously by Lang with French actors
- Excerpts from "For Example Fritz Lang" (Zum Beispiel Fritz Lang), a 1964 interview with Lang, directed by famed German documentarian Erwin Leiser (Mein Kampf)
- Mabuse in Mind (Mabuse im Gedächtnis), a 1984 film by Thomas Honickel, featuring an interview with actor Rudolf Schündler
- Comparison between the 1933 German version, the French version, and The Crimes of Dr. Mabuse, the edited and dubbed American version of the film
- Interview with German Mabuse expert Michael Farin about writer Norbert Jacques, creator of the Mabuse character
- Rare production design drawings by art director Emil Hasler (M, The Blue Angel)
- Collection of memorabilia, press books, stills, and posters
- New essay by Tom Gunning, author of "The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity"
View menus
- Side #1 -- Disc 1
- Play the Movie
- Chapters
- Color Bars
- Commentary
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- Commentary: On
- Index
- Subtitles
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- Side #2 -- Disc 2
- Le Testament du Dr. Mabuse
- Play
- Chapters
- For Example Fritz Lang
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- Mabuse in Mind
- Play
- Norbert Jacques: Mabuse's Creator
- Play
- The Three Faces of Dr. Mabuse
- Play
- Production Designs
- Memorabilia and Stills
- Posters
- Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse
- German Pressbooks
- Les Testament du Dr. Mabuse
- Subtitles
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- Subtitles: Off
View chapters
- Side #1 -- Disc 1
- 1. Forger's Factory [7:21]
- 2. Matter of Life and Death [5:50]
- 3. The Case of Dr. Mabuse [5:58]
- 4. Etched in Glass [3:45]
- 5. 20 Marks [4:34]
- 6. "Closed From 10 to 2" [5:22]
- 7. License Plate IA-74259 [2:49]
- 8. Mabuse's Puppets [5:18]
- 9. New Perspective [7:05]
- 10. The Man Behind the Curtain [5:24]
- 11. "Ma-bu-se?" [8:48]
- 12. Empire of Crime [5:51]
- 13. Kent and Lilli [6:41]
- 14. Brand-New Life [6:34]
- 15. Closing In [7:47]
- 16. The Man in the Shadows [9:36]
- 17. Someone Else [6:22]
- 18. Mechanical Reproduction [3:43]
- 19. Chemical Factory, October 15th [5:04]
- 20. "My Name Is Mabuse" [7:04]
- 1. Introduction [7:21]
- 2. Editorial Rhymes [5:50]
- 3. Expressionism and Dr. Caligari [5:58]
- 4. Real-Life Lohmann/Power of Words [3:45]
- 5. The Novel of the Film of the Novel [4:34]
- 6. Writing Fragments/Jigsaw Stories [5:22]
- 7. The Unreliable Soundscape [2:49]
- 8. Lang's Greatest Myth [5:18]
- 9. Hangmen Also Die/Anti-Nazi Subtexts [7:05]
- 10. Mabuse as Screenwriter [5:24]
- 11. Historical Parallels/Lang's Dictatorial Direction [8:48]
- 12. Thea Von Harbou [5:51]
- 13. The Man Who Knows/Sadomasochistic Love Story [6:41]
- 14. It's All About the Money [6:34]
- 15. Film Noir/Destiny [7:47]
- 16. Cast and Crew Notes [9:36]
- 17. There Is No Mabuse: The Second Climax [6:22]
- 18. Severing Messages From Messengers [3:43]
- 19. Fritz Arno Wagner Shooting at Night [5:04]
- 20. The Meaning of "Mabuse" [7:04]
- Side #2 -- Disc 2
- 1. Forger's Factory [5:46]
- 2. Matter of Life and Death [5:51]
- 3. The Case of Dr. Mabuse [5:22]
- 4. Etched in Glass [3:44]
- 5. Kent and Lilli [1:24]
- 6. Dr. Kram [4:21]
- 7. License Plate IA-74259 [2:32]
- 8. Mabuse's Puppets [3:14]
- 9. New Perspective [4:32]
- 10. Behind the Curtain [6:42]
- 11. Empire of Crime [8:19]
- 12. Brand-New Life [3:15]
- 13. Closing In [9:59]
- 14. The Man in the Shadows [8:37]
- 15. Someone Else [7:57]
- 16. Mechanical Reproduction [1:16]
- 17. Chemical Factory [3:31]
- 18. "My Name Is Mabuse" [7:02]
Year released: 1933
MPAA Rating: [ ]
Format: Black & White
Length: 121
Sound: DD1
Subtitles: Eng
Studio: Criterion