The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (German ) is a 1960 black-and-white crime thriller film directed by Fritz Lang in his final film. A West German/French/Italian international co-production, it starred Peter van Eyck, Dawn Addams and Gert Fröbe. The film made use of the character Dr. Mabuse, who had appeared in earlier films by Lang in 1922 and 1933. The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse spawned a film series of German Mabuse films that were released over the following years to compete with Rialto Film's Krimi films. Plot A reporter is killed in his car on his way to work. Inspector Kras gets a call from his informant Peter Cornelius, a blind fortuneteller, who had a vision of the crime but not the perpetrator. Meanwhile, Henry Travers, a rich American industrialist, checks into the Luxor Hotel, which has been outfitted by the Nazis during World War II to spy on people in every room. He becomes involved with Marian Menil, who is being threatened by her evil club-footed husband. Hieronymus B. Mistelzweig, purportedly an insurance salesman, is also a guest in the hotel and always seems to be lurking about. These disparate characters eventually get together to solve what appears to be the re-emergence of the long-dead Dr. Mabuse. Cast Peter van Eyck as Henry Travers Dawn Addams as Marion Menil Gert Fröbe as Inspector Kras Werner Peters as Hieronymus B. Mistelzweig Wolfgang Preiss as Professor S. Jordan / Dr. Mabuse / Peter Cornelius Andrea Checchi as Hoteldetektiv Berg Howard Vernon as No. 12 David Cameron as Michael Parker Reinhard Kolldehoff as Roberto Menil Production The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse was co-produced by CCC Filmkunst (West Germany), C.E.I. Incom (Italy) and Critérion Film (France). The original titles were (German), Il diabolico Dr. Mabuse (Italian) and Le diabolique docteur Mabuse (French).