With Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Thomy Bourdelle, Gustav Diessl. Menu. If only they made films like this now. FULL SYNOPSIS. The most notorious of the [Dr. Mabuse movies], simply because it was the film that helped trigger Lang's flight from Nazi Germany. Fritz Lang's electrifying Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse [The Testament of Dr. Mabuse] is the astonishing second instalment in the German master's legendary Mabuse series, a film that puts image and sound into an hypnotic arrangement unlike anything seen or heard in the cinema before or since. Fritz Lang directed this sequel to his nearly four-hour Dr. Mabuse silent of 1922 (often shown in two parts, Dr. Mabuse: Der Spieler/The Gambler and Dr. Mabuse: King of Crime).The film opens with Detective Hofmeister (Karl Meixner) spying on the activities of a criminal syndicate.Not realizing he has been seen, Hofmeister is attacked by the thugs and later turns up out of his mind. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse was Fritz Lang's second sound film and a sequel to his enormously successful 1922 silent. Of course, none of these films came even close to the famous Mabuse original from the 20-ies. This is the 1962 remake of Fritz Lang's 1933 Testament Of Dr Mabuse.Dr Mabuse (Wolfgang Priess) has been locked away in an asylum for the insane for some time now.Well, since the end of Invisible Dr Mabuse anyway. The Testament of Doctor Mabuse is a strange film but very good. Fritz Lang directed this sequel to his nearly four-hour Fritz Lang silent of 1922 (often shown in two parts, Dr. Mabuse: Der Spieler/The Gambler and Fritz Lang). Dr. Mabuse is a fictional character created by Norbert Jacques in the German novel Dr. Mabuse der Spieler ("Dr. Mabuse the Gambler"), and made famous by three films about the character directed by Fritz Lang: Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (silent, 1922) The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) and the much later The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960).. The film opens with Detective Hofmeister (Karl Meixner) spying on the activities of a criminal syndicate. Fritz Lang directed this sequel to his nearly four-hour Dr. Mabuse silent of 1922 (often shown in two parts, Dr. Mabuse: Der Spieler/The Gambler and Dr. Mabuse: King of Crime).The film opens with Detective Hofmeister (Karl Meixner) spying on the activities of a criminal syndicate.Not realizing he has been seen, Hofmeister is attacked by the thugs and later turns up out of his mind. Movies. TV Shows. However, Lang recognized the danger and escaped from Germany shortly after the Nazi's banned Testament of Dr. Mabuse. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The film opens with Detective Hofmeister (Karl Meixner) spying on the activities of a criminal syndicate. Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 One of the better Mabuse-films of post-war West-Germany. It has a police man who is a maverick who everyone respects about 20 years before there were any others and a master criminal who wants to take over the world and could probably do it. Dr. Mabuse is a mad scientist who uses his power to control and manipulate other minds. French version of the German movie The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933). In his cell, he plots the world's destruction. Mixing several genres including cop drama, mystery, and horror, Lang created a rare hybrid picture full of striking characters and images.