An Empire of Crime: 'The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'
Update: 2025-10-19
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"The Testament of Dr. Mabuse" is Fritz Lang's 1933 German detective thriller that arrived on the heels of Hilter coming to power, making it the regime's first official 'banned' movie.
The film is a fascinating look at how an evil ideology spreads beyond one man when that man make it his mission to make evil the rule of law.
"Mabuse" is a semi-sequel to Lang's masterpiece, "M," and it packs a punch visually and through its innovative use of audio.
Our discussion hits on its fascist interpretations, some of the misunderstandings about the movie, and the film's place in time when it was created under one set of rules, and ready for release under another.
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