It's called "Doctor Mabuse-The Gambler" or in german, "Doktor Mabuse-der Spieler". It's a silent Friit Lang film from 1922. I was just wondering how much gambling there is in this film. It's reputedly a brilliant adaptation of one of the famous books.
The link below is from Amazon.com. I stumbled on it while looking up a less than stellar movie "Stacy's Knights" from another post below.
When I said it (Stacy's Knights)was a great movie, I was talking from a card counter's view. Not a movie critic's. This is just my opinion anyway.
Aces & Faces To Ya, K-O Joe.
P.S. I have not heard of the movie you mentioned, but plan on checking it out.
have tried to find stacy,s knights but had no luck.
have asked some video stores, also with no luck.
where could i get my hands on such a beast.
I checked Wal-Mart online and they are out of stock at this time (they usually have the re-release DVD for $8.78). But Rhino Home Video (the company that re-released it in 2001) does have a web site that you can order it from(or that is what I here). I got most of my info from a web search on MSN. Hope if you get it, you enjoy it as much as I did.
Aces & Faces To Ya, K-O Joe
you will never watch it again.go to hollywoo video for 1.99.spend your extra 8.01 on a buffet:)
No, I haven't seen the film (have seen M) but have read about it. Seems it is one of the classic German Neo-Expressionist films of the silent era - oblique camera shots, sharply angled sets, darkness and light with no greys, heavily drawn characters, etc. It all osmosed to the American gangster movie big time!
BTW, the title properly translates to Dr Mabuse The Player, although it is known as The Gambler outside Germany (spiel = game). Fritz Lang did two more films with that theme, because the original proved quite popular! The Testament of Dr Mabuse and The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse. Must be all very entertaining films if I can catch 'em anywhere.
The translations I gave were from the VHS and DVD versions. For some reason the VHS one was in english; the dvd in german. Both were pretty pricey at around $35 (double length I think).
Interestingly the films were made in 1922, 1933, and 1960.
Here is a review from someone at amazon.com of "The Testament of..". Sounds fairly wild.
This is one of the last of the great expressionist classics from UFA, made right before the Nazis took over Germany and made freedom of expression a thing of the past. Dr. Mabuse, played by the astounding Rudolf-Klein Rogge, embarks on a campaign of crime that is designed to do nothing more than to cause the breakdown of society and to spread chaos -- Mabuse's underlings spout actual Nazi propaganda, so what exactly is being attacked here is quite obvious. The cinematography is stunning and the acting is superb, but the use of voice I find rather decreases the visual impact of the expressionistic genre. After this film was made, Lang, the director, was forced to flee for his life as the Nazis imposed total control over Germany and UFA became a propaganda tool. The subplot of a decent man forced into a life of crime by poverty may also be of interest of thos who might wonder how a man like Hitler could have gained so much power in the first place.
yesterday for $5.09.
