{"id":71455,"date":"2021-04-15T22:54:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T05:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71455"},"modified":"2021-04-15T22:59:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T05:59:43","slug":"testament-of-dr-mabuse-the-crimes-of-dr-mabuse-the-last-will-of-dr-mabuse-the-1933","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71455","title":{"rendered":"Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The\/Crimes of Dr. Mabuse, The\/Last Will of Dr. Mabuse, The (1933)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The ultimate purpose of crime is to establish the endless empire of crime.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-of-Dr-Mabuse-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-of-Dr-Mabuse-Poster-210x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-71456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-of-Dr-Mabuse-Poster-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-of-Dr-Mabuse-Poster-716x1024.png 716w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-of-Dr-Mabuse-Poster-90x128.png 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-of-Dr-Mabuse-Poster-768x1098.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-of-Dr-Mabuse-Poster-189x270.png 189w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-of-Dr-Mabuse-Poster.png 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA disgraced cop (Karl Meixner) is driven insane before he&#8217;s able to tell his boss (Otto Wernicke) who the mastermind is behind mysterious plans to establish an &#8220;empire of crime&#8221;. During his investigation, Wernicke visits an asylum where Dr. Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) is housed, not realizing that Mabuse has manipulated the asylum&#8217;s director (Oscar Beregi) into doing his will. Meanwhile, when one of Mabuse&#8217;s hapless minions (Gustav Diessl) decides to tell his girlfriend (Monique Rolland) about his work as a counterfeiter, she supports him in breaking free from Mabuse&#8217;s clutches.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Fritz Lang Films<\/li>\n<li>Gangsters<\/li>\n<li>German Films<\/li>\n<li>Mad Doctors and Scientists<\/li>\n<li>Mind Control and Hypnosis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that &#8220;for his second sound film Fritz Lang decided to bring back Dr. Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge), the heinous genius criminal of his 1922 silent classic <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71424\"><em>Dr. Mabuse the Gambler<\/em><\/a>&#8221; &#8212; who, despite being unable to speak and living in an insane asylum, &#8220;has regained his desire to mastermind great crimes, commit terrorist acts, dominate people&#8217;s wills through mind control, [and] rule the world.&#8221; The bulk of Peary&#8217;s review is taken up with discussion of the film&#8217;s logistics &#8212; i.e., the fact that it was filmed in both French and German, that Joseph &#8220;Goebbels seized the German version because the script (although written by Lang&#8217;s Nazi wife, Thea von Harbou) drew parallels between madman Mabuse and Hitler,&#8221; and that (at the time <em>GFTFF<\/em> was published), one was only likely to see poorly dubbed versions in circulation (a situation since rectified). Peary does note that &#8220;you&#8217;ll still enjoy several sequences that have impressive visual elements,&#8221; including &#8220;a high speed car chase on a country road at night: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Car-Chase2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Car-Chase2-1024x843.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"527\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Car-Chase2-1024x843.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Car-Chase2-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Car-Chase2-128x105.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Car-Chase2-768x632.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Car-Chase2-328x270.png 328w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Car-Chase2.png 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; a murder at a stoplight:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Murder-Stoplight.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Murder-Stoplight-1024x843.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"527\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Murder-Stoplight-1024x843.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Murder-Stoplight-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Murder-Stoplight-128x105.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Murder-Stoplight-768x633.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Murder-Stoplight-328x270.png 328w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Murder-Stoplight.png 1247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Baum [Beregi] visualizing ghostly presences:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography2-1024x842.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"526\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography2-1024x842.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography2-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography2-128x105.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography2-768x631.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography2-328x270.png 328w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography2.png 1226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and an underwater explosion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Underground.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Underground-1024x851.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"532\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Underground-1024x851.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Underground-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Underground-128x106.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Underground-768x638.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Underground-325x270.png 325w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Underground.png 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>However, this sequel can&#8217;t quite live up to the atmospheric dread generated by its predecessor, and is only must-see for fans of Lang&#8217;s evolving oeuvre. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fritz Arno Wagner&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography-1024x835.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography-1024x835.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography-128x104.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography-768x626.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography-331x270.png 331w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography.png 1235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine special effects and sound effects<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography3-1024x824.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"515\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-71458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography3-1024x824.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography3-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography3-128x103.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography3-768x618.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography3-336x270.png 336w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Testament-Dr-Mabuse-Cinematography3.png 1277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re a Lang fan. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0023563\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/fantasy\/testament-of-dr-mabuse-1933.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/92621\/the-testament-of-dr-mabuse#articles-reviews?articleId=90524\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/603-the-testament-of-dr-mabuse\">Criterion Collection Film Essay <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The ultimate purpose of crime is to establish the endless empire of crime.&#8221; 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