Underplayed Gems

The Return of Doctor Mabuse (1961)

The Return of Doctor Mabuse poster
Original title
Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse
Directed by
Harald Reinl
Genre
science fiction film, crime film
Country
Germany, France, Italy
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
16
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A criminal mastermind returns to commit crimes using scientific methods. A police inspector and a journalist work together to stop him.

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What happens

The Return of Doctor Mabuse (German: Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse) is a 1961 black-and-white crime film/thriller made in West Berlin. It was a West German/French/Italian international co-production directed by Harald Reinl that was the second of the 1960s CCC Films Dr. Mabuse film series, being the sequel to Fritz Lang's The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960). It starred Gert Fröbe, Daliah Lavi and in his first German film, Lex Barker. The film was co-written by Ladislas Fodor and, in his first screenplay, Marc Behm. They created a science fictional plot that would be followed in the other films in the series. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location around Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Jürgen Kiebach. The German title Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse was a reference to the popular German police procedural television show of the time, Stahlnetz. In 1966, the 1960s Dr. Mabuse films were released in the United States to tie in with Gert Fröbe's fame in the role of Auric Goldfinger with this film being renamed The Phantom Fiend. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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