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Dr. Mabuse the Gambler is the first film in the Dr. Mabuse series about the character Doctor Mabuse who featured in the novels of Norbert Jacques. It was directed by Fritz Lang and released in 1922. The film is silent and would be followed by the sound sequels The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) and The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960).
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The 20th century produced many iconic arch-villains, both in real life and in fiction. Among the latter, one of the most famous—partly because it allegedly inspired the former—is the criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse. He first appeared in *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler*, a 1921 serialised crime novel by the Luxembourgish writer Norbert Jacques. A year later, the novel was adapted in Germany into the eponymous silent film dir…More
