Original title: Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse
Origin: Germany
Director: Fritz Lang
Screenplay: Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou and Norbert Jacques
With: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl
Another masterpiece by Fritz Lang!
"The Testament of Dr. Mabuse" is a sequel to the movie "Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler "(1922), also Lang, counting, including much of its casting. He was followed up a third film, released in 1960 and entitled "The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse."
The film tells the story of Dr. Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge), a patient in a psychiatric asylum, who lives in a catatonic state, and whose only communication with the outside world is via texts that describe and compulsively writes scripts for crimes perfect.
Coincidentally, while Dr. Mabuse writes his "Testament", locked in his cell, several mysterious crimes are happening in the city, led by a faceless leader, able to eliminate without mercy all who have an opinion show.
In order to prevent the crimes continue to occur, the Inspector Lohmann (Otto Wernicke) is called to initiate the investigation. For this, it counts with the help of the psychiatrist responsible for treatment of Dr. Mabuse, Professor Baum (Oscar Sir Bereg).
The film is magnificent! In fact, every time I watch a movie of Lang, the more I marvel at his genius! With its ability to say "unspeakable," the absolute prohibition, through metaphors, characters, or non-words.
Not to mention, of course, the insight, intelligence and beauty that made up their plans, their sequences ... your movies! And yet, in the richness of their dialogues with their subliminal messages, so clear to us today, citizens of the twenty-first century.
A sequence that struck me was the one who shows us the murder of the film, where car horns are used to muffle the shots ... All cars come out, but one. And once we understand all the action. No words, no dialogue. Nothing needs to be said and everything is understood.
"The Testament of Dr. Mabuse" is the second language film by Fritz Lang and was banned in Hitler's Germany, censured by his all-powerful Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels.
In fact, if we focus on the dialogues of the film, quickly understand that any resemblance to what happened in Hitler's Germany is not a coincidence ...
Much sought for the weekend or for the new year is announced!
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