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The Return of Dr. Mabuse

6.3 / 10

85 minutes

1961-01-01

German

IT

Actors :

Gert Fröbe, Lex Barker, Daliah Lavi, Werner Peters, Fausto Tozzi, Joachim Mock, Rudolf Forster, Rudolf Fernau, Albert Bessler, Ady Berber, Zeev Berlinsky, Henri Coubet, Laura Solari, Wolfgang Preiss, Herbert Weißbach

Description

The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and an American - who may be an FBI agent, or maybe a Chicago mobster - investigate a series of gruesome murders connected to a maximum security prison and involving a minister who has written a book called "The Anatomy Of The Devil".

Reviews

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talisencrw

6/23/2021, 3:57:46 PM

As I generally greatly detest sequels, reboots and the like, especially of great filmic franchises created and led by outstanding filmmakers (ie., the Mabuse character and Fritz Lang) I initially had quite guarded reservations about seeing Reinl's version here. But it had significant strengths that made me quickly realize my fears were undeserved and that I, in fact, was in for a treat. The pace i...