Film Discussion - Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse (1960)

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse) is a 1960 black-and-white crime thriller film directed by Fritz Lang in his final film. The West German/French/Italian international co-production starred Peter van Eyck, Dawn Addams and Gert Fröbe.

In 1960s Germany, criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse uses hypnotized victims, and the surveillance equipment of a Nazi-era bugged hotel to steal nuclear technology from a visiting American industrialist.

American multi-millionaire Henry B. Travers (Peter van Eyck), the owner of a nuclear arms plant, while staying at the Luxor to ink a new contract for rockets, saves the life of the suicidal hotel guest Marion Menil (Dawn Addams), who is about to jump from the ledge, and promptly falls in love with her. Why the married woman wanted to commit suicide leads to a bizarre tale involving hypnosis and many complex plot twists.

Austrian-born Fritz Lang returned to Germany to make his last film, where he began his film career as a twentysomething and remained until his exile to America in 1933. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse is a stunning update to his famous master criminal series that has Dr. Mabuse, a master of disguises, who cannot die (his spirit lives on forever), as the madman plotting to rule the world.

The film is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncphHDVT73A

Watch the film before Thursday, June 5, then join the Zoom meeting at 7:00PM and come prepared with your comments and questions. Previous DGC Vice President and Board Member Dr. Christoph Weber will once again be our moderator, and other Board Members will participate in the discussion as well.

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