Nowhere near the epic of the original Mabuse, though closer in form and tone to M even if it's not as successful. I wish there was more early sound German films Lang could've done, his craft between this and M is such at a fascinating place artistically. But y'know, fucking Nazis. It's also hilarious to me that this is technically a sequel to M too because Inspector Lohmann just happens to be main character here. Otto Wernicke is the best part of the film, again I wish there were like five more Inspector Lohmann movies.
Nowhere near the epic of the original Mabuse, though closer in form and tone to M even if it's not as successful. I wish there was more early sound German films Lang could've done, his craft between this and M is such at a fascinating place artistically. But y'know, fucking Nazis. It's also hilarious to me that this is technically a sequel to M too because Inspector Lohmann just happens to be main character here. Otto Wernicke is the best part of the film, again I wish there were like five more Inspector Lohmann movies.