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
00:03:12 Please forgive me if for that reason I have to disappoint you
00:08:53 Were all your guests
00:15:14 I need your medical help.
00:19:22 for an indefinite time!"
00:24:57 Be careful!
00:28:50 in clearing up Hull's murder
00:33:31 I have to go get a ladder ...
00:40:27 Who?
00:44:05 We will not let him down!
00:46:49 when she was brought in.
00:49:58 And I will destroy without mercy any obstacle
00:56:52 you cannot go on living --
01:02:33 here are the people who will
01:07:56 And I
01:09:57 due to his tremendous suggestive powers
01:13:03 Then you come back here as quickly as possible!
01:14:35 I would next like to demonstrate to you a case
01:20:58 be so kind as to be available
01:27:25 This thing gives me an eerie feeling!
01:33:56 stubbornly than we anticipated.
01:36:14 otherwise
01:54:46 The end