Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

1922 · 271 min · ★ 7.7 · Crime, Thriller

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.

Directed by Fritz Lang · Written by Thea von Harbou

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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
Julius Falkenstein Karsten

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