Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Dr. Mabuse, der spieler: Teil I: Der große spieler
155 min
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.
- Release date
- April 27, 1922
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Music
- Konrad Elfers, Robert Israel, Michael Klubertanz
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Dr. Mabuse
- Aud Egede-Nissen as Cara Carozza, the dancer
- Gertrude Welcker as Countess Dusy Told
- Alfred Abel as Count Told
- Bernhard Goetzke as Prosecutor von Wenk
- Paul Richter as Edgar Hull
- Robert Forster-Larrinaga as Spoerri
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Georg, the Chauffeur
- Georg John as Pesch
- Károly Huszár as Hawasch
- Grete Berger as Fine, a servant
- Julius Falkenstein as Karsten
- Lydia Potechina as The Russian
- Julius E. Herrmann as Emil Schramm
- Julietta Brandt
- Max Adalbert as (uncredited)
- Anita Berber as Dancer in tailcoat (uncredited)
- Paul Biensfeldt as Man who gets the gun (uncredited)
- Gustav Botz as (uncredited)
- Lil Dagover as (uncredited)
- Heinrich Gotho as (uncredited)
- Leonhard Haskel as (uncredited)
- Erner Huebsch as (uncredited)
- Gottfried Huppertz as (uncredited)
- Hans Junkermann as (uncredited)
- Adolf Klein as (uncredited)
- Erich Pabst as (uncredited)
- Karl Platen as Tolds' servant (uncredited)
- Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as (uncredited)
- Alfred Abel as Richard Fleury - US version
- Bernhard Goetzke as Chief Inspector Norbert von Wenck
- Bernhard Goetzke as Chief Inspector De Witt - US version
Crew
- Fritz Lang · Director
- Norbert Jacques · Writer
- Thea von Harbou · Writer
- Fritz Lang · Writer
- Erich Pommer · Producer
- Konrad Elfers · Composer
- Robert Israel · Composer
- Michael Klubertanz · Composer
- Aljoscha Zimmermann · Composer
- Carl Hoffmann · Cinematographer
- Sergei Eisenstein · Editor