The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
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£22.00
A criminal mastermind (Jack Taylor, Female
Vampire) deploys poison gas and a beautiful whip-wielding assassin (Beni
Cardoso) in a plot to steal government secrets in The Vengeance of Dr
Mabuse (Dr. M schlägt zu). But his elaborate schemes risk unraveling
when a small-town inspector (Fred Williams) stumbles into the scene. An
unauthorized entry in the Dr. Mabuse cycle, the film makes no reference
to Norbert Jacques’s clairvoyant criminal (the M-word is carefully
avoided). Instead, director Jess Franco used the project as a chance to
revisit his own sci-fi thrillers (The Awful Dr. Orlof, The Diabolical
Dr. Z). Fold in a disfigured henchman (Rocha), a striptease dancer (Ewa
Strömberg, Vampyros Lesbos), and wrap it all in a feverish jazz score,
and the result is a spicy cinematic melange that could only have been
concocted in the demented mind of Jess Franco.
| Format | |
| Format | Blu-Ray |
| Film | |
| Year | 1972 |
| Rating | 18 |
| Director | Jess Franco |
| Starring | Fred Williams Jack Taylor Ewa Strömberg Moisés Augusto Rocha Eva Garden Jess Franco |
| Country | Germany |
| Label | Kino Cult |
| Region / TV Standard | Code A |
| Language | German |
| Subtitles | English |
| Running time | 76 mins |
| Aspect ratio | 1.66:1 |
| Case type | Standard with slipcover |
| Extra features | Audio Commentary by Film Historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson |
