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*Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse*
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse
	German theatrical release poster
Directed by	Fritz Lang
Written by	Fritz Lang; Heinz Oskar Wuttig
Based on	Mr. Tot Aĉetas Mil Okulojn; by Jan Fethke
Produced by	Artur Brauner
Starring	Dawn Addams; Peter van Eyck; Gert Fröbe
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Edited by	Walter Wischniewsky; Waltraut Wischniewsky
Music by	Bert Grund; Werner Müller
Production; companies	CCC Filmkunst; C.E.I. Incom; Critérion Film;
Distributed by	Prisma Filmverleih
Release date	14 September 1960;
Running time	103 minutes
Countries	West Germany; Italy; France;
Language	German

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (German Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse) is a 1960 black-and-white crime thriller film directed by Fritz Lang in his final film. A West German/French/Italian international co-production, it starred Peter van Eyck, Dawn Addams and Gert Fröbe. The film made use of the character Dr. Mabuse, who had appeared in earlier films by Lang in 1922 and 1933. The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse spawned a film series of German Mabuse films that were released over the following years to compete with Rialto Film's Krimi films.

Plot

A reporter is killed in his car on his way to work. Inspector Kras gets a call from his informant Peter Cornelius, a blind fortuneteller, who had a vision of the crime but not the perpetrator. Meanwhile, Henry Travers, a rich American industrialist, checks into the Luxor Hotel, which was outfitted by the Nazis during World War II to spy on people in every room. He becomes involved with Marian Menil, who is being threatened by her evil club-footed husband. Hieronymus B. Mistelzweig, purportedly an insurance salesman, is also a guest in the hotel and always seems to be lurking about. These disparate characters eventually get together to solve what appears to be the re-emergence of the long-dead Dr. Mabuse.

Cast

Peter van Eyck as Henry Travers
Dawn Addams as Marion Menil
Gert Fröbe as Inspector Kras
Werner Peters as Hieronymus B. Mistelzweig
Wolfgang Preiss as Professor S. Jordan / Dr. Mabuse / Peter Cornelius
Andrea Checchi as Hoteldetektiv Berg
Howard Vernon as No. 12
David Cameron as Michael Parker
Reinhard Kolldehoff as Roberto Menil

Production

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse was co-produced by CCC Filmkunst (West Germany), C.E.I. Incom (Italy) and Critérion Film (France). The original titles were Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse (German), Il diabolico Dr. Mabuse (Italian) and Le diabolique docteur Mabuse (French).^[4]

It was the last film directed by Fritz Lang, who had returned from the U.S. to Germany to make what would turn out to be a total of three films for producer Artur Brauner: The Tiger of Eschnapur, The Indian Tomb and The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse. The film made use of the character Doctor Mabuse invented by Norbert Jacques, whom Lang had used in two previous films back in 1922 (Dr. Mabuse der Spieler, released in two parts) and 1933 (Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse).

The script of this film, written by Fritz Lang and Heinz Oskar Wuttig, was based on the Esperanto novel Mr. Tot Buys A Thousand Eyes by the Polish author Jan Fethke. It brought the Mabuse character from his previous pre-war appearances into contemporary times (the 1960s) and combined elements of the German Edgar Wallace film series, spy fiction and Big Brother surveillance with the nihilism of the Mabuse world.

Filming took place from 5 May to 28 June 1960 at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film premiered on 14 September 1960 at the Gloria-Palast in Stuttgart (Germany) and on 28 June 1961 in Paris (French version).^[4]

Sequels

The film spawned a number of sequels, all made in a similar style and produced by Artur Brauner:

The Return of Doctor Mabuse (1961), directed by Harald Reinl.
The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962), directed by Harald Reinl.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1962) directed by Werner Klingler, a sequel to/remake of the film by Fritz Lang that was released in 1933.
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963), directed by Paul May.
The Secret of Dr. Mabuse (1964), directed by Hugo Fregonese.
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse (1970) directed by Jesus Franco.

Notes

^ "Credits". BFI Film & TV Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 15, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
^ Erickson, Hal. "The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
^ "Die Tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse". BFI Film & TV Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Filmportal: Die tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse". Retrieved 21 March 2013.