One of the legendary epics of the silent cinema and the first part of a trilogy that fritz lang developed up to the very end of his career dr. Mabuse, der spieler. Dr. Mabuse, the gambler. Is a masterpiece of conspiracy that, even as it precedes the mind blowing spione from the close of lang's silent cycle, constructs its own dark labyrinth from the base materials of human fear and paranoia.rudolf klein rogge plays dr. Mabuse, the criminal mastermind whose nefarious machinations provide the cover for or describe the result of the economic upheaval and social bacchanalia at the heart of weimar era berlin. Initiated with the arch villain's diabolical manipulation of the stock market, and passing through a series of dramatic events based around hypnotism, charlatanism, hallucinations, chinese incantations, cold blooded murder, opiate narcosis and cocaine anxiety, lang's film maintains an unrelenting power all the way to the final act... Which culminates in the terrifying question where is mabuse?! A bridge between feuillade's somnambulistic serial films and modern media narratives of elusive robber barons, lang's two part classic set the template for the director's greatest works social commentary as superpsychology, poised at the brink of combustion. The masters of cinema series is proud to present lang's early masterpiece in its fully restored version on blu ray in 1080p for the first time ever.special featuresnew, officially licensed transfer from restored hd materialsnew and improved optional english subtitles with original intertitlesexclusive feature length audio commentary by film scholar and lang expert david kalatthree video pieces an interview with the composer of the restoration score, a discussion of norbert jacques, creator of dr. Mabuse, and an examination of the film's motifs in the context of german silent cinema32 page booklet featuring vintage reprints of writing by lang