Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler Parts 1 & 2 (Fritz Lang, 1922); Germany

Reviewed by Byron Potau.  Viewed on DVD. Fritz Lang’s massive two part four and a half hour silent classic, Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler, sets the template for criminal mastermind driven films to come. Master filmmaker Lang, working at such an early time in feature cinema, establishes many of the characteristics that would come to typify … Continue reading Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler Parts 1 & 2 (Fritz Lang, 1922); Germany