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Crime thriller

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

Durée
121 minCriterion German-language presentation Sources des versions ↓

A criminal mastermind confined to an asylum appears to direct a new empire of terror through written instructions.

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Langue
French, German
MysteryTenseStrange Accessible · Pour les spectateurs patients Crime thriller

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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse — Perspective lettering, scattered manuscript pages and red rings surround an empty chair.

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À quoi s’attendre

Fritz Lang connects modern crime, institutional power, and disembodied command with unnerving precision. Voices cross walls, plans outlive their author, and apparently isolated crimes begin to resemble parts of one administrative system.

Comment aborder le film

Keep two threads in mind: the investigation outside the asylum and the documents emerging inside it. The pleasure lies in watching those systems approach one another. The German and French versions were filmed separately with different casts. Criterion lists its German-language presentation at 121 minutes and includes the French-language version as a separate film, not simply a French audio track.

À savoir

Une brève note non exhaustive Contains murder, suicide, explosions, organised crime, psychological distress, and authoritarian violence.
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What frightens me most is how little Mabuse needs to appear. Paper, routine, and obedient intermediaries allow a personality to become a system that keeps moving without a visible body.

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Carte des versions

Criterion German-language presentation 121 min Criterion lists the German-language presentation at 121 minutes. The simultaneously filmed French-language version uses a different cast and is listed separately; this timing does not establish the French runtime or a measured playback duration. Source : Criterion — The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Référence pour la durée · Vérifié le 2026-10-25
French-language version, Le Testament du Dr. Mabuse A separately filmed French-language version with a different cast, included separately in Criterion’s listed edition. Its runtime is not established here; no streaming inclusion or current availability is inferred. Source : Criterion — The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Vérifié le 2026-10-25

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