Fritz Lang’s final feature brings his career full circle to the core thriller concepts he pioneered back in 1922: superstitious human nature and sinister technological advances combine to make the 20th century an Age of Terror. Lang reboots his highly cinematic Weimar-era narrative tricks for a film that heralds the beginning of a brave new world where total surveillance and mind control are at the service of paranoid conspiracies. I could talk for hours about the directing/editing in this show — it’s so sophisticated, and yet so simple.
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Region B Blu-ray
Eureka Entertainment/Masters of Cinema
1960 / B&w / 1:66 widescreen / 103 min. / Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse / Street Date May 11, 2020 / £ 15.99
Starring: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss, Lupo Prezzo, Werner Peters, Andrea Checchi, Marielouise Nagel, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Howard Vernon, Nico Pepe, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Christiane Maybach.
Cinematography: Karl Löb
Film Editors: Walter Wischniewsky,...
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Region B Blu-ray
Eureka Entertainment/Masters of Cinema
1960 / B&w / 1:66 widescreen / 103 min. / Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse / Street Date May 11, 2020 / £ 15.99
Starring: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss, Lupo Prezzo, Werner Peters, Andrea Checchi, Marielouise Nagel, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Howard Vernon, Nico Pepe, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Christiane Maybach.
Cinematography: Karl Löb
Film Editors: Walter Wischniewsky,...
- 6/3/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Fritz Lang’s final feature is a mind-blowing culmination of the core thriller concepts he pioneered back in 1922: superstitious human nature and sinister technological advances combine to make the 20th century an Age of Terror. Lang reboots his highly cinematic Weimar-era narrative tricks for a film that heralds the beginning of a brave new world where total surveillance and mind control are at the service of paranoid conspiracies. I could talk for hours about the directing/editing in this show — it’s so sophisticated, and yet so simple.
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Region B Blu-ray
Eureka Entertainment/Masters of Cinema
1960 / B&w / 1:66 widescreen / 103 min. / Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse / Street Date May 11, 2020 / £ 15.99
Starring: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss, Lupo Prezzo, Werner Peters, Andrea Checchi, Marielouise Nagel, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Howard Vernon, Nico Pepe, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Christiane Maybach.
Cinematography: Karl Löb
Film Editors: Walter Wischniewsky,...
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Region B Blu-ray
Eureka Entertainment/Masters of Cinema
1960 / B&w / 1:66 widescreen / 103 min. / Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse / Street Date May 11, 2020 / £ 15.99
Starring: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss, Lupo Prezzo, Werner Peters, Andrea Checchi, Marielouise Nagel, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Howard Vernon, Nico Pepe, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Christiane Maybach.
Cinematography: Karl Löb
Film Editors: Walter Wischniewsky,...
- 6/2/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Hard-media home video is making a comeback, and Kino Lorber shows its faith in the medium with an extravagant collection of its entire silent holdings of the Fritz Lang library. Mythical heroes, sacrificing heroines, criminal madmen and uncontrolled super-science are his themes; it’s a paranoid’s view of the first half of the 20th Century, expressed with fantastic innovations that literally re-write the rules of cinema.
Fritz Lang The Silent Films
Blu-ray
Kino Classics
1919-1929 / B&W / 1:37 Silent Aperture / 1894 min. / Street Date November 21, 2017 / “The Complete Silent Films of German Cinema’s Supreme Stylist” / Available through Kino Lorber / 149.95
Films: The Spiders, Harakiri, The Wandering Shadow, Four Around the Woman, Destiny, Dr. Mabuse The Gambler, Die Nibelungen, Metropolis, Spies, Woman in the Moon, The Plague of Florence.
Directed by Fritz Lang
Kino Lorber has been a happy home for many marvelous discs of silent German classics. Thanks to their ongoing...
Fritz Lang The Silent Films
Blu-ray
Kino Classics
1919-1929 / B&W / 1:37 Silent Aperture / 1894 min. / Street Date November 21, 2017 / “The Complete Silent Films of German Cinema’s Supreme Stylist” / Available through Kino Lorber / 149.95
Films: The Spiders, Harakiri, The Wandering Shadow, Four Around the Woman, Destiny, Dr. Mabuse The Gambler, Die Nibelungen, Metropolis, Spies, Woman in the Moon, The Plague of Florence.
Directed by Fritz Lang
Kino Lorber has been a happy home for many marvelous discs of silent German classics. Thanks to their ongoing...
- 11/21/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
He's back and more diabolically ruthless than ever! Berlin cowers under the influence of a gambler-mastermind, the secret architect of an 'Empire of Crime.' Restored to near its full length (4.5 hours!), Fritz Lang's monumental pulp masterpiece is a Euro-classic lover's delight. Dr. Mabuse The Gambler Blu-ray Kino Lorber Classics 1922 / B&W / 1:33 flat Full Frame / 270 min. / Street Date September 13, 2016 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Aud Egede Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Bernhard Goetzke, Robert Forster-Larrinaga, Paul Richter Cinematography Carl Hoffmann Art Direction Otto Hunte, Erich Kettelhut, Karl Stahl-Urach, Karl Vollbrecht Writing credits Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou & Norbert Jacques from the novel by Norbert Jacques Produced by Erich Pommer Directed by Fritz Lang
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Fritz Lang really upped his game, directing-wise, between his 1921 fantasy epic Destiny and his next thriller extravaganza Dr. Mabuse The Gambler. Transcending contemporary notions of a popular release, the...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Fritz Lang really upped his game, directing-wise, between his 1921 fantasy epic Destiny and his next thriller extravaganza Dr. Mabuse The Gambler. Transcending contemporary notions of a popular release, the...
- 9/12/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
From the 1920s to the 1960s a man called Doctor Mabuse was evil incarnate, spreading mayhem over the course of nine movies. Now in 2013 he's coming back. Read on for all the latest details and the first character posters!
Directed by Ansel Faraj, Doctor Mabuse stars Jerry Lacy in the title role along with Kathryn Leigh Scott and Lara Parker from the original "Dark Shadows" series, Linden Chiles, Nathan Wilson, Bahia Garrigan, and Julian Grant.
From the Website
Dr. Mabuse... hypnotist... genius... criminal mastermind... but who is he really? Inspired by the character created by Norbert Jacques and made famous by director Fritz Lang, Dr. Mabuse is returning to the silver screen in a brand new incarnation - directed by Ansel Faraj from his original screenplay. The film is currently in production for a 2013 release and stars Jerry Lacy (Play it Again, Sam) as the nefarious Dr. Mabuse and Nathan Wilson...
Directed by Ansel Faraj, Doctor Mabuse stars Jerry Lacy in the title role along with Kathryn Leigh Scott and Lara Parker from the original "Dark Shadows" series, Linden Chiles, Nathan Wilson, Bahia Garrigan, and Julian Grant.
From the Website
Dr. Mabuse... hypnotist... genius... criminal mastermind... but who is he really? Inspired by the character created by Norbert Jacques and made famous by director Fritz Lang, Dr. Mabuse is returning to the silver screen in a brand new incarnation - directed by Ansel Faraj from his original screenplay. The film is currently in production for a 2013 release and stars Jerry Lacy (Play it Again, Sam) as the nefarious Dr. Mabuse and Nathan Wilson...
- 12/17/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Lang is one of Faraj's major influences, alongside legendary gothic soap opera Dark Shadows has also affected Faraj's work. Tipping his hat to the latter, Jerry Lacy (beloved by Ark Shadows fans as the villainous Reverend Trask) plays Mabuse, himself. Kathryn Leigh Scott and Lara Parker, two of Shadows' most iconic leading ladies,co-star, with Scott playing Madame Von Harbou (named after Fritz Lang's wife).
"Inspired by the character created by Norbert Jaques, the notorious supervillain returns to the screen in this new original tale about the mysterious 'man behind the curtain.' Don't let him into your mind," says Faraj.
For more on Doctor Mabuse, keep an eye on Fango.
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"Inspired by the character created by Norbert Jaques, the notorious supervillain returns to the screen in this new original tale about the mysterious 'man behind the curtain.' Don't let him into your mind," says Faraj.
For more on Doctor Mabuse, keep an eye on Fango.
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- 11/8/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (David-Elijah Nahmod)
- Fangoria
Lang is one of Faraj's major influences, as is the legendary gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. Tipping his hat to the latter, Jerry Lacy (beloved by Dark Shadows fans as the villainous Reverend Trask) plays Mabuse. Kathryn Leigh Scott and Lara Parker, two of Shadows' most iconic leading ladies,co-star, with Scott playing Madame Von Harbou (named after Fritz Lang's wife).
"Inspired by the character created by Norbert Jaques, the notorious supervillain returns to the screen in this new original tale about the mysterious 'man behind the curtain.' Don't let him into your mind," says Faraj.
For more on Doctor Mabuse, keep an eye on Fango.
{youtube}GPVLSEtjIdM{/youtube}...
"Inspired by the character created by Norbert Jaques, the notorious supervillain returns to the screen in this new original tale about the mysterious 'man behind the curtain.' Don't let him into your mind," says Faraj.
For more on Doctor Mabuse, keep an eye on Fango.
{youtube}GPVLSEtjIdM{/youtube}...
- 11/8/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (David-Elijah Nahmod)
- Fangoria
Lang is one of Faraj's major influences, as is the legendary gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. Tipping his hat to the latter, Jerry Lacy (beloved by Dark Shadows fans as the villainous Reverend Trask) plays Mabuse. Kathryn Leigh Scott and Lara Parker, two of Shadows' most iconic leading ladies,co-star, with Scott playing Madame Von Harbou (named after Fritz Lang's wife).
"Inspired by the character created by Norbert Jaques, the notorious supervillain returns to the screen in this new original tale about the mysterious 'man behind the curtain.' Don't let him into your mind," says Faraj.
For more on Doctor Mabuse, keep an eye on Fango.
{youtube}GPVLSEtjIdM{/youtube}...
"Inspired by the character created by Norbert Jaques, the notorious supervillain returns to the screen in this new original tale about the mysterious 'man behind the curtain.' Don't let him into your mind," says Faraj.
For more on Doctor Mabuse, keep an eye on Fango.
{youtube}GPVLSEtjIdM{/youtube}...
- 11/8/2012
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (David-Elijah Nahmod)
- Fangoria
These notes are for Bill Ryan.
One would hope that for pretty much every cinephile reading this, the object announced above (from—you'd never guess—Eureka!/Masters of Cinema, Region 2 Pal U.K.) would sell itself. I can't imagine anybody who would deny that Fritz Lang's three films about the master criminal created by Norbert Jacques are not merely touchstones of genre cinema, not merely touchstones of auteurists cinema, but touchstones of cinema itself. First there is 1922's Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler, a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler—although Mabuse maven David Kalat reminds us in the commentary that "Spieler" doesn't just, or only, mean "gambler," but also "actor," a person who is "in it;" in hip-hop parlance, "player" (or "playa"). It is a nearly five-hour film, in two parts, that evokes corruption and rot in a fashion that often recalls an all-night drug and alcohol jag—exhilarating highs melting into stomach-churning lows.
One would hope that for pretty much every cinephile reading this, the object announced above (from—you'd never guess—Eureka!/Masters of Cinema, Region 2 Pal U.K.) would sell itself. I can't imagine anybody who would deny that Fritz Lang's three films about the master criminal created by Norbert Jacques are not merely touchstones of genre cinema, not merely touchstones of auteurists cinema, but touchstones of cinema itself. First there is 1922's Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler, a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler—although Mabuse maven David Kalat reminds us in the commentary that "Spieler" doesn't just, or only, mean "gambler," but also "actor," a person who is "in it;" in hip-hop parlance, "player" (or "playa"). It is a nearly five-hour film, in two parts, that evokes corruption and rot in a fashion that often recalls an all-night drug and alcohol jag—exhilarating highs melting into stomach-churning lows.
- 11/3/2009
- MUBI
Maybe you see further than I can see,
or maybe things just look differently.
Maybe I'm nothing but a shadow on the wall.
Maybe love's a tomb where you dance at night.
Maybe sanctuary is an electric light -
I get so tired it's like I'm another man.
And everything I see seems so underhanded.
I don't see anything that I want.
And I don't see anything that I want.
*—Pere Ubu, "Heart of Darkness," 1975
Countess: Ich fürchte, es gibt überhaupt nichts auf der Welt, wofür ich mich auf die Dauer interessieren könnte…Alles, was fich vom Auto, von der Loge, vom Fenster aus beobachten lässt, ist teils widerwärtig, teils uninteressant…Mindestens is test lang; weilig!
Mabuse: Sie haben recht, Gräfin—nichts auf der Welt ist auf die Dauer interessant—ausser einem…
—From Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler, I: Der Grosse Spieler, screenplay by Thea von Harbou from the novel by Norbert Jacques,...
or maybe things just look differently.
Maybe I'm nothing but a shadow on the wall.
Maybe love's a tomb where you dance at night.
Maybe sanctuary is an electric light -
I get so tired it's like I'm another man.
And everything I see seems so underhanded.
I don't see anything that I want.
And I don't see anything that I want.
*—Pere Ubu, "Heart of Darkness," 1975
Countess: Ich fürchte, es gibt überhaupt nichts auf der Welt, wofür ich mich auf die Dauer interessieren könnte…Alles, was fich vom Auto, von der Loge, vom Fenster aus beobachten lässt, ist teils widerwärtig, teils uninteressant…Mindestens is test lang; weilig!
Mabuse: Sie haben recht, Gräfin—nichts auf der Welt ist auf die Dauer interessant—ausser einem…
—From Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler, I: Der Grosse Spieler, screenplay by Thea von Harbou from the novel by Norbert Jacques,...
- 10/30/2009
- MUBI
COLOGNE, Germany -- Bertelsmann's film distribution and production group Universum Film has signed on with Munich-based production group Rat Pack (The Wave) to produce a new adaptation of the pulp novel Dr. Mabuse.
Originally published in 1921, the Norbert Jacques' novel follows a master criminal who uses hypnotism and assorted disguises to carry out his plans for world domination. Dr. Mabuse was made famous through a dozen film adaptations, including three by Fritz Lang.
Universum recently picked up the remake rights to Dr. Mabuse from producer Artur Brauner, who made several Mabuse film adaptations in the 1960s.
Rat Pack will produce the new Dr. Mabuse film together with Universum and Brauner's CCC Filmkunst. Shooting is planned for 2009/2010.
Rat Pack, headed by Christian Becker, has a solid track record with adapting German vintage fiction for a new generation. The comedies The Trixxer (2004) and The Vexxer (2007), which together sold almost three million tickets in Germany, were based on the Edgar Wallace paranormal thrillers of the 1960s and 1970s.
Originally published in 1921, the Norbert Jacques' novel follows a master criminal who uses hypnotism and assorted disguises to carry out his plans for world domination. Dr. Mabuse was made famous through a dozen film adaptations, including three by Fritz Lang.
Universum recently picked up the remake rights to Dr. Mabuse from producer Artur Brauner, who made several Mabuse film adaptations in the 1960s.
Rat Pack will produce the new Dr. Mabuse film together with Universum and Brauner's CCC Filmkunst. Shooting is planned for 2009/2010.
Rat Pack, headed by Christian Becker, has a solid track record with adapting German vintage fiction for a new generation. The comedies The Trixxer (2004) and The Vexxer (2007), which together sold almost three million tickets in Germany, were based on the Edgar Wallace paranormal thrillers of the 1960s and 1970s.
- 2/20/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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