Im Stahlnetz des Dr Mabuse (1961)

Country of Origin: West Germany/France/Italy
Year of Production: 1961
Running Times: 89m
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound: mono

DIRECTION

Directed by: Harald Reinl

CREW

PRODUCTION
Copyright: © MCMLXI [1961] by CCC Filmproduction GmbH
Production Companies: Produced in cooperation with Criterion-Films S.A. Paris and S.P.A. Cinematografica Rome
World Distribution: Omnia Deutsche-Film Export G.m.b.h.
Produced by: Artur Brauner
Production Supervisor: Wolf Brauner
Production Supervised by: Heinz Götze and Manfred Korytowski

SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Marc Behm and Ladislaus Fodor

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Carl von Barany

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Karl Löb
Lab: Geyer-Werke, Berlin, Germany

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Hermann Haller

MUSIC
Music by: Peter Sandloff

SOUND
Sound Engineer: Eduard Kessel
Assistant: Carl v. Barany

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Gisela Nixdorf (uncredited)
Make Up: Lotte Schmidt-Kersten, Willi Nixdorf (both uncredited)

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Set Designers: Otto Erdmann, Hans Jürgen Kiebach

LOCATIONS
Locations: Berlin, Germany
Produced at: CCC-Atelier, Berlin

CAST

with
Gert Fröbe (Kommissar Lohmann)
Lex Barker (Joe Como Alias 'Nick Scappio' Alias 'Bob Arco')
Daliah Lavi (Maria Sabrehm)
Fausto Tozzi (Warden Wolf)
Werner Peters (Böhmler)
Rudolf Forster (Professor Julius Sabrehm)
Rudolf Fernau (Pfarrer Briefenstein)
Joachim Mock (Detective Voss)
Laura Solari (Mrs Pizarro)
Ady Berber (Alberto Sandro)
Henry Coubet (Blinder)
Jean-Roger Caussimon (Küster)
Albert Bessler (Trödler)
Lou Seitz (Mrs Lohmann)
Zeev Berlinsky (Dimitrios)
Alexander Engel (Professor Griesinger)

and
Wolfgang Preiss (Dr Mabuse)

PLOT SUMMARY

Commissioner Lohmann investigates a series of murders of leading underworld figures, following a trail of clues that leads him to a prison. But Lohmann comes to doubt the true identity of Joe Como, an FBI agent who has been assigned to assist him. Could he really be the nefarious Dr Mabuse?

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Ajay Film Company
Video Distributors: Sinister Cinema; Something Weird Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: K-18

West Germany
Rating: 16 (nf)

TIMELINE

1961
October
13: West Germany – theatrical release

1965
April
16: Finland – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Diabólico Dr Mabuse, El - Spanish title
F.B.I. contro Dr Mabuse
FBI vs Dr Mabuse, The
Phantom Fiend
Retour du docteur Mabuse, Le - French title
Return of Dr Mabuse, The
Tri Mabusen verkossa - Finnish title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Dr Mabuse, der Spieler (1922)
Testament des Dr Mabuse, Das (1933)
Tausend Augen des Dr Mabuse, Die (1960)

SEQUELS
Unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr Mabuse, Die (1962)
Testament des Dr Mabuse, Das (1962)
Scotland Yard jagt Dr Mabuse (1963)
Todesstrahlen des Dr Mabuse, Die (1964)
Venganza del doctor Mabuse, La (1972)

REFERENCES

BOOKS

The Strange Case of Dr Mabuse by David Kalat (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Co)
article

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

mind control, nuclear plants

Last Updated: 18 March, 2009