Mabuse Lives! Dr. Mabuse at CCC: 1960-1964 Blu-ray (The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse / The Return of Dr. Mabuse / The Invisible Dr. Mabuse / The Testament of Dr. Mabuse / Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse / The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse | Masters of Cinema | Limited Edition) (original) (raw)

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The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse / The Return of Dr. Mabuse / The Invisible Dr. Mabuse / The Testament of Dr. Mabuse / Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse / The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse | Masters of Cinema | Limited Edition / 2,000 copies Eureka Entertainment | 1960-1964 | 6 Movies | 549 min | Not rated | Apr 01, 2025

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Mabuse Lives! Dr. Mabuse at CCC: 1960-1964

(1960-1964)

Mabuse Lives! Dr. Mabuse at CCC: 1960-1964 Blu-ray delivers great video and audio in this excellent Blu-ray release

Fritz Lang made two of the defining works of early German cinema with Dr Mabuse the Gambler and The Testament of Dr Mabuse, two masterpieces centred on Norbert Jacques' nefarious literary supervillain. In 1960, Lang was charged by Artur Brauner's CCC Film with making a third crime thriller centred on the infamous Dr Mabuse, completing a trilogy nearly forty years in the making. A huge success, The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse gave CCC the confidence to launch into an entire series focused on the master criminal between 1960 and 1964, all starring Wolfgang Priess in the title role. All six films are presented here alongside a wealth of new and archival extras.

For more about Mabuse Lives! Dr. Mabuse at CCC: 1960-1964 and the Mabuse Lives! Dr. Mabuse at CCC: 1960-1964 Blu-ray release, see Mabuse Lives! Dr. Mabuse at CCC: 1960-1964 Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on April 1, 2025 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5.

Directors: Harald Reinl

, Paul May, Fritz Lang, Werner Klingler, Hugo Fregonese
Writers: Ladislas Fodor, Robert A. Stemmle, Norbert Jacques, Thea von Harbou, Bryan Edgar Wallace
Starring: Wolfgang Preiss, Werner Peters, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fr�be, Lex Barker, Rudolf Fernau
Producer: Artur Brauner

This Blu-ray bundle includes the following titles, see individual titles for specs and details:

Mabuse Lives! Dr. Mabuse at CCC: 1960-1964 Blu-ray Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, April 1, 2025

The infamous Dr. Mabuse made his literary debut in 1921, one which made such a considerable impact that barely a year later the inimitable Fritz Lang offered a (silent) film adaptation with Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler. That film actually presaged such later blockbuster efforts like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, or alternatively The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, by unspooling in two parts (unlike the foregoing more contemporary features, Lang's two related 1922 Mabuse entries were released only a month apart). The film was such a sensation that Lang revisited the source property in 1933 for a sound film called The Testament of Dr. Mabuse*. Lang, who had famously become an expat due to the rise of Hitler (some aver the 1933 Mabuse is a thinly veiled commentary about Hitler), was coaxed back to his native Germany in the late fifties by producer Arthur Brauner, for whom Lang made his last three films, The Tiger of Eschnapur, The Indian Tomb (another "diptych" from Lang available on Blu-ray as part of the Film Movement release Fritz Lang's Indian Epic), and The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, which saw Lang wrapping up his career by returning to arguably the most redolent character (and/or characters) of his filmography, and in so doing launching a whole new series of Mabuse films (albeit without Lang's continued involvement). This new "franchise" was fashioned to compete with or at least appeal to the same demographic as first Rialto Films' krimi productions, and then the somewhat later Wallace Krimi at CCCfilms, itself rather interesting since CCC produced these films. (The link points to a nice looking upcoming release from Eureka that may well serve as a companion piece to the Dr. Mabuse set). Also kind of interestingly just as this Dr. Mabuse cycle was close to coming to an end, another property which is mentioned in some of the supplements in this collection as featuring a sort of companion character to Mabuse resurfaced as part of a resurgent Fantomas series which began in 1964, almost exactly as the Mabuse films were ending (Jess Franco took up the veritable mantle in 1970 for The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse, but for purposes of this review, the "official" original reboot series was over by 1964).

*Note: The link points to a Region B release.

For reviews of the films in this set please click on the following links:

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse Blu-ray review

The Return of Dr. Mabuse Blu-ray review

The Invisible Dr. Mabuse Blu-ray review

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Blu-ray review

Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse Blu-ray review

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse Blu-ray review

Mabuse Lives! Dr. Mabuse at CCC: 1960-1964 Blu-ray, Special Features and Extras

Supplements on each disc are detailed in the above linked reviews (and as can be seen in the screenshots of the disc main menus I've uploaded to accompany this review, two of the discs have two films on them). This is a really nicely designed package from Eureka that includes a slipbox with some great character illustrations. Two keepcases with reversible sleeves are enclosed, as well as a really nice perfect bound booklet with some great writing and fun stills.

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