The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
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The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Ger. Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse) is a 1960 black-and-white crime film/thriller made in West Germany. It was a West German/French/Italian international co-production and the last film directed by Fritz Lang. 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 has been 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 a salesman, who 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
- Lupo Prezzo (Wolfgang Preiss) as Peter Cornelius
- Andrea Checchi as Hoteldetektiv Berg
- Howard Vernon as No. 12
- David Cameron as Michael Parker
- Reinhard Kolldehoff as Roberto Menil
