Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler
Original Title
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler- Director: Fritz Lang
- Writer: Norbert Jacques; Fritz Lang
- Producer: Erich Pommer
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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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Cast & Characters
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Dr. Mabuse;
Aud Egede-Nissen as Cara Carozza, the dancer;
Gertrude Welcker as Countess Dusy Told;
Alfred Abel as Count Told / Richard Fleury - US version;
Bernhard Goetzke as Prosecutor von Wenk / Chief Inspector Norbert von Wenck / Chief Inspector De Witt - US version;
Paul Richter as Edgar Hull;
Robert Forster-Larrinaga as Spoerri;
Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Georg, the Chauffeur;
Georg John as Pesch;
Karoly Huszar as Hawasch;
Grete Berger as Fine, a servant;
Julius Falkenstein as Karsten;
Lydia Potechina as The Russian;
Julius E. Herrmann as Emil Schramm;
Julietta Brandt