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unusual facts about The Testament of Dr. Mabuse


Ernst Gennat

Ernst Gennat inspired the fictional character inspector Karl Lohmann who appeared first in Fritz Lang's M (1931) and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1932).


Dawn Addams

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse AKA Die Tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse (1960) ...

Jan Fethke

At Ufa, he also made the acquaintance of Fritz Lang, who later used his Mr. Tot novel for his last film, The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960).

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

The film made use of the character Dr. Mabuse invented by Norbert Jacques, whom Lang had used in two previous films back in 1922 (Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, 2 parts) and 1933 (Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse).

The script of this movie, written by Fritz Lang and Heinz Oskar Wuttig was based on the Esperanto novel Mr. Tot buys a thousand eyes by the Polish author Jan Fethke.

The film made use of the character Dr. Mabuse, who had appeared in earlier films by Lang back in 1922 and 1933.


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