Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922 · 271 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 9,499 VOTES · DIR. Fritz Lang
Overview
Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.
Dialogue Timeline — 450 lines
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00:00:15 by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation in Wiesbaden
00:01:56 playing with people ... and their destinies
00:03:10 I am not suitable to be your ally
00:08:39 I had only to open my cards and I won!
00:15:10 when I had that--
00:19:14 Tell everybody asking for me or the Countess
00:23:34 Put on something decent and report to me
00:28:38 Your situation is only your fault, Miss Carozza.
00:32:18 -- and who can guarantee that no other woman
00:39:07 End of Act II
00:43:24 They're taking him to police headquarters!!
00:46:28 After the incident with La Carozza
00:49:17 I am no longer the man I used to be.
00:55:42 -- you are sicker than ever!
01:01:32 that the Master and Mistress had gone away?
01:06:47 With your permission: Dr. Mabuse!
01:09:33 An Evening of Experiments Sandor Weltmann
01:11:42 Forgive me just one more question, Doctor:
01:14:08 Today! Today! Today!
01:18:19 a weapon license, one identity card;
01:23:54 Doctor ... Dr. Ma ..
01:30:40 you wake Fine and the Countess!
01:34:57 about your 'justice'.
01:42:05 --Home--!