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{{quote|"There is no such thing as love, only passion! No luck, only the will to gain power!"|'''Dr. Mabuse'''}}
'''''Dr. Mabuse the Gambler''''' / '''''Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime''''' is a two-part German silent film from 1922 directed by [[Fritz Lang]]. It was adapted by the novel of the same name by Norbert Jacques, which was written to [[Follow the Leader|deliberately mimic and cash in on]] the popularity of [[Fu Manchu]] and [[Fantomas]] while delivering political commentary about [[Weimar Germany]]. It follows psychoanalyst and criminal mastermind Doctor Mabuse, who has gained wealth and control of Berlin through a vast and elaborate crime network that he uses for everything from counterfeiting and sabotage to manipulating the stock market through complex means. Eventually, Chief Inspector Norbert von Wenk begins to unravel the complex defenses surrounding Mabuse's identity and becomes determined to take him down.
The film was a major hit in Germany that helped elevate Fritz Lang's directorial career (enabling him to produce big-budget projects like ''Die Nibelungen'' and ''[[Metropolis]]'') and turned lead actor Rudolf Klein-Rogge into a popular stock villain star. It is remembered today for its innovative narrative techniques, Expressionist imagery, complex commentary on the Weimar Republic, and for codifying many of the tropes associated with organized crime films.
Lang followed with the belated but highly acclaimed sequel ''The Testament of Doctor Mabuse'' in 1933, and the less well-regarded ''The Thousand Eyes of Doctor Mabuse'' in 1960. A series of inferior films was spun off from there in the 1960's and 70's, and a new Mabuse film is listed as "in development" on the [[IMDb]].
=== The ''Dr Mabuse'' films provide examples of: ===▼
This movie is in the public domain, and can be [https://archive.org/details/Dr.MabuseTheGamblerdr.MabuseDerSpieler1922Part1 watched or downloaded at the Internet Archive].
* [[Action Prologue]]
* [[Battle Butler]]: Some of Mabuse's henchmen.
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* [[The Chessmaster]]: Mabuse
* [[Crapsack World]]: Well, this is a [[Truth in Television]], [[Weimar Germany]] wasn't a nice place.
* [[Diabolical Mastermind]]: An early example and one of the [[Trope Codifier
* [[Driven to Madness]]: {{spoiler|Mabuse, at the end.}}
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Many times within the film
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Films of the 1920s]]
[[Category:German
[[Category:German Expressionism]]
[[Category:Film]]
[[Category:Dr. Mabuse the Gambler]]
[[Category:Fritz Lang]]
[[Category:Silent Movie]]
[[Category:Police Procedural]]
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