| Brief Description: | Although confined to a mental institution, the arch-criminal Dr.
Mabuse uses his hypnotic powers to operate his plan for world
domination. He is finally defeated by Inspector Lohmann (who hunted
Peter Lorre in M just the year before). Mabuse's mouthing of Nazi
platitudes and Lang's depiction of him were too close for comfort, and
Joseph Goebbels asked him to change the last reel, offering him
leadership of the German film industry. Instead, Lang left his wife
(Thea von Harbou, who had by then joined the Nazi party) and fled
Germany overnight. German with English subtitles. |
