Silent Films Dr Mabuse

THE TESTAMENT OF DR.MABUSE
This film was created as a German crime silent movie in the 1933 which is the sequel to Dr. Mabuse the Gambler also by director Fritz Lang.

PRODUCTION:
It is based on Norbert Jacques novel Mabuse' s colony.
When Hitler rose to power propaganda role over many of the cinema productions, including the the banning of the film by Goebbels. However it was still released in Europe while several were produced in the USA.

BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE:
Many of the cast and crew had worked with Lang on his productions before including Rudolf Klein-Rogge who returned to play Dr. Mabuse.

The film was composed at the end of 1932-1933 with the desire that it would spread world wide.
What many don't know is that when explosions and gun fire was needed Lang often used many real weapons including in the opening scene during a power outage where a stunt actor did the gun play.