The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and an American - who may be an FBI agent, or maybe a Chicago mobster - investigate a series of gruesome murders connected to a maximum security prison and involving a minister who has written a book called "The Anatomy Of The Devil".
Directed by Harald Reinl
prison
mind control
library
laboratory
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.3 / 5
Cast
Gert Fröbe
Lohmann
Lex Barker
Joe Como
Daliah Lavi
Maria Sabrehm
Werner Peters
Böhmler
Fausto Tozzi
Warden Wolf
Rudolf Forster
Julius Sabrehm
Rudolf Fernau
Reverend Brietenstein
Albert Bessler
Black Cloaked Peddler
Ady Berber
Alberto Sandro
Zeev Berlinsky
Man With Prosthetic Leg
Laura Solari
Mrs. Pizarro
Wolfgang Preiss
Dr. Mabuse
Crew
Harald Reinl
Director
Marc Behm
Screenplay
Ladislas Fodor
Screenplay
Artur Brauner
Producer
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Facu
7.0★ · 03/01/26
The script is a bit bizarre and it’s a lot less complex than the Lang films (particularly thematically, as it essentially redoes the criticism to the prison system that the 2nd film did but pulpier), but it’s still great. The cinematography is pretty good and I was surprised by how well directed some shots were. The editing is weird but there are some really good transitions here and there, and it pays a beautiful homage to the Lang Trilogy, and works really well as a soft-reboot.
The script is a bit bizarre and it’s a lot less complex than the Lang films (particularly thematically, as it essentially redoes the criticism to the prison system that the 2nd film did but pulpier), but it’s still great. The cinematography is pretty good and I was surprised by how well directed some shots were. The editing is weird but there are some really good transitions here and there, and it pays a beautiful homage to the Lang Trilogy, and works really well as a soft-reboot.
