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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1927)
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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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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Genre:Crime, Thriller
Written By:Norbert Jacques, Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang
In Theaters:8/8/1927
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Runtime:271 minutes
Studio:Uco-Film GmbH
Cast
Fritz Lang
Director
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Dr. Mabuse
Aud Egede-Nissen
Cara Carozza
Gertrude Welcker
Countess Dusy Told
Alfred Abel
Count Told
Bernhard Goetzke
Prosecutor von Wenk
Paul Richter
Edgar Hull
Robert Forster-Larrinaga
Spoerri
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Georg
Georg John
Pesch
Károly Huszár
Hawasch
Grete Berger
Fine, a servant
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