Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

1922 · 4 hr 2 min · Not Rated

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Directors

Fritz Lang

Actors

  • Rudolf Klein-Rogge
  • Aud Egede-Nissen
  • Gertrude Welcker

Summary

Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.

More about this movie

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.

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