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The Many Masks of Dr. Mabuse
So.... just published "The Many Masks of Dr. Mabuse" on Kindle, a 15.000 word overview over the series of six German Dr. Mabuse movies from the 1960s. It was originally written a few years ago for a fanzine that is now defunct so finally decided to share it with the world this way.
Mabuse as a character of course became world famous in two classic movies by Fritz Lang, DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER (1922) and THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (1933). Lesser known is Lang's third Mabuse film, THE THOUSAND EYES OF DR. MABUSE (1960), and this booklet focuses on this entry as well as the five follow-ups that featured a range of popular German and international actors such as Gert Fröbe, Lex Barker, Wolfgang Preiss, Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Werner Peters, Karin Dor, Klaus Kinski, Senta Berger and many more making these essential viewing for anyone interested in classic German cult movies.
While those 1960s films continued to be popular in Germany, outside of its country of origin they have remained strangely elusive and are often difficult to obtain. This book aims at making information about these productions available to a wider international audience.
And at $0.99 this is a steal and available for Kindle as well as for other electronic readers. (Not sure yet if I will bother also making a paperback version available.)
I hope to make this the first in a series of books dedicated to German Krimis and thrillers of the 1960s that would ultimately encompass:
• Edgar Wallace movies (produced by Rialto or other companies)
• Bryan Edgar Wallace adaptations
• Jerry Cotton series
• Kommissar X movies
• Dr Mabuse series (of the 1960s)
• Louis Weinert-Wilton adaptations
• Father Brown duo of films
• a number of individual productions outside of regular series (such as Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes/Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) or Das Wirtshaus von Dartmoor/The Inn on Dartmoor (1964)
Mabuse as a character of course became world famous in two classic movies by Fritz Lang, DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER (1922) and THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (1933). Lesser known is Lang's third Mabuse film, THE THOUSAND EYES OF DR. MABUSE (1960), and this booklet focuses on this entry as well as the five follow-ups that featured a range of popular German and international actors such as Gert Fröbe, Lex Barker, Wolfgang Preiss, Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Werner Peters, Karin Dor, Klaus Kinski, Senta Berger and many more making these essential viewing for anyone interested in classic German cult movies.
While those 1960s films continued to be popular in Germany, outside of its country of origin they have remained strangely elusive and are often difficult to obtain. This book aims at making information about these productions available to a wider international audience.
And at $0.99 this is a steal and available for Kindle as well as for other electronic readers. (Not sure yet if I will bother also making a paperback version available.)
I hope to make this the first in a series of books dedicated to German Krimis and thrillers of the 1960s that would ultimately encompass:
• Edgar Wallace movies (produced by Rialto or other companies)
• Bryan Edgar Wallace adaptations
• Jerry Cotton series
• Kommissar X movies
• Dr Mabuse series (of the 1960s)
• Louis Weinert-Wilton adaptations
• Father Brown duo of films
• a number of individual productions outside of regular series (such as Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes/Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) or Das Wirtshaus von Dartmoor/The Inn on Dartmoor (1964)
