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In 1960, Creator/FritzLang returned to UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} to make his last film, a much-delayed sequel to ''Film/DrMabuseTheGambler'' and ''Film/TheTestamentOfDoctorMabuse''.
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In 1960, Creator/FritzLang returned to UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} to make his last film, a much-delayed sequel to ''Film/DrMabuseTheGambler'' and ''Film/TheTestamentOfDoctorMabuse''.
''Film/TheTestamentOfDrMabuse''.
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* CallBack:
** The opening scene in which the journalist Barter is shot in his car is an shot-for-shot copy of the murder of Dr. Kramm in ''Testament'', using modern vehicles.
** The attempt to kill Kras with an exploding telephone is a direct reference to a similar scene in ''Dr. Mabuse der Spieler''.
** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr. Mabuse der Spieler'' and the death trap for Kent and Lilli in ''Testament''.
** The opening scene in which the journalist Barter is shot in his car is an shot-for-shot copy of the murder of Dr. Kramm in ''Testament'', using modern vehicles.
** The attempt to kill Kras with an exploding telephone is a direct reference to a similar scene in ''Dr. Mabuse der Spieler''.
** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr. Mabuse der Spieler'' and the death trap for Kent and Lilli in ''Testament''.
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%% * TheChessmaster: Mabuse.
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** The opening scene in which the journalist Barter is shot in his car is an shot-for-shot copy of the murder of Dr. Kramm in ''Testament'', using modern vehicles.
** The attempt to kill Kras with an exploding telephone is a direct reference to a similar scene in ''Dr. Mabuse der Spieler''.
** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr. Mabuse der Spieler'' and the death trap for Kent and Lilli in ''Testament''.
%% * DecoyDamsel: Marion.
%% * DiabolicalMastermind: Yet again.
%% * TheDulcineaEffect: Deliberately used in an evil plan.
* ContinuityNod:
** The opening scene in which the journalist Barter is shot in his car is an shot-for-shot copy of the murder of Dr. Kramm in ''Testament'', using modern vehicles.
** The attempt to kill Kras with an exploding telephone is a direct reference to a similar scene in ''Dr. Mabuse der Spieler''.
** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr. Mabuse der Spieler'' and the death trap for Kent and Lilli in ''Testament''.
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%% * DiabolicalMastermind: Yet again.
%% * TheDulcineaEffect: Deliberately used in an evil plan.
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* ContinuityNod:
** The opening scene in which the journalist Barter is shot in his car is an shot-for-shot copy of the murder of Dr. Kramm in ''Testament'', using modern vehicles.
** The attempt to kill Kras with an exploding telephone is a direct reference to a similar scene in ''Dr. Mabuse der Spieler''.
** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr. Mabuse der Spieler'' and the death trap for Kent and Lilli in ''Testament''.
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%% * NoOneSeesTheBoss: As in ''Testament''.
%% * ObfuscatingDisability: Cornelius.
%% * ObfuscatingStupidity: Rosensveig, who is actually an InterpolSpecialAgent.
%% * NoOneSeesTheBoss: As in ''Testament''.
%% * ObfuscatingDisability: Cornelius.
%% * ObfuscatingStupidity: Rosensveig, who is actually an InterpolSpecialAgent.
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%% * PsychoPsychologist: Jordan, if he even is a psychiatrist.
* RedHerring: After someone tries to assassinate Kras with a telephone bomb, he suspects Peter Cornelius, Hieronymus B. Mistelzweig, or Marion Menil may be the culprit. [[spoiler:In hindsight, he guessed correctly on two of them. Cornelius is the new [[BigBad Dr. Mabuse]], and Menil was his accomplice before her HighHeelFaceTurn. Only Mistelzweig turns out to be innocent; his dubious behavior was actually a façade for his true identity as an Interpol agent.]]
* RedRightHand: Roberto, who is in cahoots with Dr. Mabuse, has an obvious clubfoot.
* RedRightHand: Roberto, who is in cahoots with Dr. Mabuse, has an obvious clubfoot.
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%% * SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere: The control room in the basement of the hotel, for Marion and Travers.
%% * SinisterShades: Mabuse's gunman.
* SparedByTheCut: As discussed under "Multiple Endings", whether Marion survives the end of the film or not depends on the cut.
%% * SinisterShades: Mabuse's gunman.
* SparedByTheCut: As discussed under "Multiple Endings", whether Marion survives the end of the film or not depends on the cut.
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* SparedByTheCut: As discussed under "Multiple Endings", whether Marion survives the end of the film or not depends on the cut.
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* AnswerCut: Several times.
* BlindSeer: Cornelius, [[ObfuscatingDisability supposedly]].
* BondVillainStupidity: Dr. Mabuse III leaving Travers and Marion to die in the sealed control room.
* BlindSeer: Cornelius, [[ObfuscatingDisability supposedly]].
* BondVillainStupidity: Dr. Mabuse III leaving Travers and Marion to die in the sealed control room.
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%% * AnswerCut: Several times.
%% * BlindSeer: Cornelius, [[ObfuscatingDisability supposedly]].
%% * BondVillainStupidity: Dr. Mabuse III leaving Travers and Marion to die in the sealed control room.
%% * BlindSeer: Cornelius, [[ObfuscatingDisability supposedly]].
%% * BondVillainStupidity: Dr. Mabuse III leaving Travers and Marion to die in the sealed control room.
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* TheChessmaster: Mabuse.
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* DecoyDamsel: Marion.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Yet again.
* TheDulcineaEffect: Deliberately used in an evil plan.
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%% * DecoyDamsel: Marion.
%% * DiabolicalMastermind: Yet again.
%% * TheDulcineaEffect: Deliberately used in an evil plan.
%% * DiabolicalMastermind: Yet again.
%% * TheDulcineaEffect: Deliberately used in an evil plan.
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* LegacyCharacter: Dr. Mabuse III, somewhere between this and JackTheRipoff.
* LoveRedeems: Marion.
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%% * LoveRedeems: Marion.
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* NoNameGiven: The club-footed man, the killer in sunglasses, and the engineer.
* NoOneSeesTheBoss: As in ''Testament''.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Cornelius.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Rosensveig, who is actually an InterpolSpecialAgent.
* NoOneSeesTheBoss: As in ''Testament''.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Cornelius.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Rosensveig, who is actually an InterpolSpecialAgent.
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%% * NoNameGiven: The club-footed man, the killer in sunglasses, and the engineer.
%% * NoOneSeesTheBoss: As in ''Testament''.
%% * ObfuscatingDisability: Cornelius.
%% * ObfuscatingStupidity: Rosensveig, who is actually an InterpolSpecialAgent.
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* PhonyPsychic
* ProphetEyes: Cornelius. If you think they look like dodgy contact lenses, you're absolutely right.
* PsychoPsychologist: Jordan, if he even is a psychiatrist.
* ProphetEyes: Cornelius. If you think they look like dodgy contact lenses, you're absolutely right.
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%% * ProphetEyes: Cornelius. If you think they look like dodgy contact lenses, you're absolutely right.
%% * PsychoPsychologist: Jordan, if he even is a psychiatrist.
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* SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere: The control room in the basement of the hotel, for Marion and Travers.
* SinisterShades: Mabuse's gunman.
* SinisterShades: Mabuse's gunman.
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%% * SinisterShades: Mabuse's gunman.
%% * SinisterShades: Mabuse's gunman.
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In 1960, Creator/FritzLang returned to UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} to make his last film, a much delayed sequel to ''Film/DrMabuseTheGambler'' and ''Film/DasTestamentDesDoktorMabuse''.
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In 1960, Creator/FritzLang returned to UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} to make his last film, a much delayed much-delayed sequel to ''Film/DrMabuseTheGambler'' and ''Film/DasTestamentDesDoktorMabuse''.
''Film/TheTestamentOfDoctorMabuse''.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The gunman in shades and his driver.
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* PetPositiveIdentification: The finally un-made-up Mabuse is identified when the guide dog he had been using to play the allegedly blind mystic Cornelius recognises him and runs up to him.
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* SparedByTheCut: As discussed under "Multiple Endings", whether Marion survives the end of the film or not depends on the cut.
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* NoNameGiven: The club footed club-footed man, the killer in sunglasses, and the engineer.
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* StagedShooting: Followed by a real one, when the club footed man is first "shot" by Travers to defend Marion, and then really shot by the man in sunglasses. Also, the faked assassination attempt on Cornelius at the seance.
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* StagedShooting: Followed by a real one, when the club footed club-footed man is first "shot" by Travers to defend Marion, and then really shot by the man in sunglasses. Also, the faked assassination attempt on Cornelius at the seance.
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* TheVoice: Mabuse again, using the club footed man as his reader. Almost a pre-internet example of VoiceWithAnInternetConnection.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The death of the club footed man. Lampshaded when Berg and the engineer worry that they might get the same treatment.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The death of the club footed man. Lampshaded when Berg and the engineer worry that they might get the same treatment.
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* TheVoice: Mabuse again, using the club footed club-footed man as his reader. Almost a pre-internet example of VoiceWithAnInternetConnection.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The death of theclub footed club-footed man. Lampshaded when Berg and the engineer worry that they might get the same treatment.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The death of the
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In 1960, Creator/FritzLang returned to Germany to make his last film, a much-delayed sequel to ''[[Film/DrMabuseTheGambler Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler]]'' and ''Film/DasTestamentDesDoktorMabuse''.
In this film (in English, ''The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse''), the methods of the long-dead DiabolicalMastermind Dr. Mabuse appear to be being put into practice again in the West Germany of the ''Wirtschaftswunder''. Kommisar Kras of Homicide is investigating a series of mysterious crimes against wealthy guests of the Hotel Luxor. Meanwhile, at the Luxor, an American businessman tries to save a woman in distress...
In this film (in English, ''The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse''), the methods of the long-dead DiabolicalMastermind Dr. Mabuse appear to be being put into practice again in the West Germany of the ''Wirtschaftswunder''. Kommisar Kras of Homicide is investigating a series of mysterious crimes against wealthy guests of the Hotel Luxor. Meanwhile, at the Luxor, an American businessman tries to save a woman in distress...
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In 1960, Creator/FritzLang returned to Germany UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} to make his last film, a much-delayed much delayed sequel to ''[[Film/DrMabuseTheGambler Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler]]'' ''Film/DrMabuseTheGambler'' and ''Film/DasTestamentDesDoktorMabuse''.
''Film/DasTestamentDesDoktorMabuse''.
In this film (in English, ''The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse''), the methods of thelong-dead long dead DiabolicalMastermind Dr. Mabuse appear to be being put into practice again in the West Germany of the ''Wirtschaftswunder''. Kommisar Kras of Homicide is investigating a series of mysterious crimes against wealthy guests of the Hotel Luxor. Meanwhile, at the Luxor, an American businessman tries to save a woman in distress...
In this film (in English, ''The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse''), the methods of the
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* TheChessmaster: Mabuse
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** The attempt to kill Kras with an exploding telephone is a direct reference to a similar scene in ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler''.
** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler'' and the death trap for Kent and Lilli in ''Testament''.
** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler'' and the death trap for Kent and Lilli in ''Testament''.
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** The attempt to kill Kras with an exploding telephone is a direct reference to a similar scene in ''Dr. Mabuse, Mabuse der Spieler''.
** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr.Mabuse, Mabuse der Spieler'' and the death trap for Kent and Lilli in ''Testament''.
** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr.
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* HellHotel: Played with: although the hoteliers are evil they aren't (usually) killing the guests there and then but spying on them so that they can plan later crimes.
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* HellHotel: Played with: although Although the hoteliers are evil they aren't (usually) killing the guests there and then but spying on them so that they can plan later crimes.
* InLoveWithTheMark:MarionMarion.
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* LegacyCharacter: Dr Mabuse III, somewhere between this and JackTheRipoff.
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* LoveRedeems:MarionMarion.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Mabuse, as usual
* MasterOfDisguise: Dr. Mabuse III. Whereas in ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler'' the audience were meant to recognise Mabuse's different personas, in this one the fact that Cornelius and Jordan were the same person in different make-up is a surprise reveal.
* MasterOfDisguise: Dr. Mabuse III. Whereas in ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler'' the audience were meant to recognise Mabuse's different personas, in this one the fact that Cornelius and Jordan were the same person in different make-up is a surprise reveal.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Mabuse, as usual
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* MasterOfDisguise: Dr. Mabuse III. Whereas in ''Dr.Mabuse, Mabuse der Spieler'' the audience were meant to recognise Mabuse's different personas, in this one the fact that Cornelius and Jordan were the same person in different make-up is a surprise reveal.
* MasterOfDisguise: Dr. Mabuse III. Whereas in ''Dr.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: Dr Dr. Mabuse III drives his car into a river in what is blatantly signalled signaled as an example of this trope.
* NoNameGiven: Theclub-footed club footed man, the killer in sunglasses, and the engineer.
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* StagedShooting: Followed by a real one, when the club-footed man is first "shot" by Travers to defend Marion, and then really shot by the man in sunglasses. Also, the faked assassination attempt on Cornelius at the seance.
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* StagedShooting: Followed by a real one, when the club-footed club footed man is first "shot" by Travers to defend Marion, and then really shot by the man in sunglasses. Also, the faked assassination attempt on Cornelius at the seance.
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* TheVoice: Mabuse again, using the club-footed man as his reader. Almost a pre-internet example of VoiceWithAnInternetConnection.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The death of the club-footed man. Lampshaded when Berg and the engineer worry that they might get the same treatment.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The death of the club-footed man. Lampshaded when Berg and the engineer worry that they might get the same treatment.
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* TheVoice: Mabuse again, using the club-footed club footed man as his reader. Almost a pre-internet example of VoiceWithAnInternetConnection.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The death of theclub-footed club footed man. Lampshaded when Berg and the engineer worry that they might get the same treatment.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The death of the
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* FakeAmerican: Peter van Eyck as Travers
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The film failed to achieve the lasting reputation of the earlier Mabuse films with critics, but was enough of a hit to initiate a new series of Mabuse films by other directors, also featuring Wolfgang Priess as Mabuse and Creator/GertFrobe as his police enemy.
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The film failed to achieve the lasting reputation of the earlier Mabuse films with critics, but was enough of a hit to initiate a new series of Mabuse films by other directors, also featuring Wolfgang Priess Preiss as Mabuse and Creator/GertFrobe as his police enemy.
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The film failed to achieve the lasting reputation of the earlier Mabuse films with critics, but was enough of a hit to initiate a new series of Mabuse films by other directors, also featuring Wolfgang Priess as Mabuse and Gert Fröbe as his police enemy.
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The film failed to achieve the lasting reputation of the earlier Mabuse films with critics, but was enough of a hit to initiate a new series of Mabuse films by other directors, also featuring Wolfgang Priess as Mabuse and Gert Fröbe Creator/GertFrobe as his police enemy.
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In this film, film (in English, ''The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse''), the methods of the long-dead DiabolicalMastermind Dr. Mabuse appear to be being put into practice again in the West Germany of the ''Wirtschaftswunder''. Kommisar Kras of Homicide is investigating a series of mysterious crimes against wealthy guests of the Hotel Luxor. Meanwhile, at the Luxor, an American businessman tries to save a woman in distress...
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* MasterOfDisguise: Dr. Mabuse III. Whereas in ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler'' the audience were meant to recognise Mabuse's different personas, in this one the fact that Cornelius and Jordan were the same person in different make-up is a surprise reveal.
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** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler'' and the death trap for Kent and Lilli in ''Testament''.* TheChessmaster: Mabuse
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* CatchPhrase: Rosensweig has a long and heavy-handedly comic speech when introducing himself, as part of his ObfuscatingStupidity.
* TheChessmaster: Mabuse
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** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler'' and the death trap for Kent and Lilli in ''Testament''.
* CatchPhrase: Rosensweig has a long and heavy-handedly comic speech when introducing himself, as part of his ObfuscatingStupidity.
''Testament''.* TheChessmaster: Mabuse
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In 1960, Creator/FritzLang returned to Germany to make his last film, a much-delayed sequel to ''[[Film/DrMabuseTheGambler Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler]]'' and ''Film/DasTestamentDesDoctorMabuse''.''Film/DasTestamentDesDoktorMabuse''.
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* CatchPhrase: Rosensweig has a long and heavy-handedly comic speech when introducing himself, as part of his ObfuscatingStupidity.
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* {{Infodump}}: First when a policeman summarises the previous two films at a meeting, and then a really blatant one near the end where Berg and the engineer discuss why the surveillance was installed at the hotel.
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* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Used by Rosensweig to identify the finally unmade-up Mabuse III, when Cornelius's dog runs straight to him.
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* MultipleEndings: The film exists in alternate versions with different cuts of the (silent) final scene of Travers at Marion's bedside in hospital, which have different implications as to whether she survives her injuries or dies. It will surprise nobody who knows European film that [[NationalStereotypes the French release had the sad ending]].
* NeverFoundTheBody: Dr Mabuse III drives his car into a river in what is blatantly signalled as an example of this trope.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Dr Mabuse III drives his car into a river in what is blatantly signalled as an example of this trope.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Rosensveig, who is actually an InterpolSpecialAgent.
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* SinisterShades: Mabuse's gunman.
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* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: Cornelius the psychic and Dr. Jordan, who are both actually Dr. Mabuse III.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The death of the club-footed man. Lampshaded when Berg and the engineer worry that they might get the same treatment.
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In 1960, Creator/FritzLang returned to Germany to make his last film, a much-delayed sequel to ''[[Film/DrMabuseTheGambler Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler]]'' and ''Film/DasTestamentDesDoctorMabuse''.
In this film, the methods of the long-dead DiabolicalMastermind Dr. Mabuse appear to be being put into practice again in the West Germany of the ''Wirtschaftswunder''. Kommisar Kras of Homicide is investigating a series of mysterious crimes against wealthy guests of the Hotel Luxor. Meanwhile, at the Luxor, an American businessman tries to save a woman in distress...
The film failed to achieve the lasting reputation of the earlier Mabuse films with critics, but was enough of a hit to initiate a new series of Mabuse films by other directors, also featuring Wolfgang Priess as Mabuse and Gert Fröbe as his police enemy.
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!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnswerCut: Several times.
* BondVillainStupidity: Dr. Mabuse III leaving Travers and Marion to die in the sealed control room.
* CallBack:
** The opening scene in which the journalist Barter is shot in his car is an shot-for-shot copy of the murder of Dr. Kramm in ''Testament'', using modern vehicles.
** The attempt to kill Kras with an exploding telephone is a direct reference to a similar scene in ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler''.
** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler'' and the death trap for Kent and Lilli in ''Testament''.
* TheChessmaster: Mabuse
* DecoyDamsel: Marion.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Yet again.
* TheDulcineaEffect: Deliberately used in an evil plan.
* FakeAmerican: Peter van Eyck as Travers
* HoneyTrap: The whole situation with Marion and her "husband" is a fake to make Travers fall in love with her, so that he can marry her and Mabuse can then kill him and run his company when she inherits.
* InLoveWithTheMark: Marion
* LegacyCharacter: Dr Mabuse III, somewhere between this and JackTheRipoff.
* LoveRedeems: Marion
* ManipulativeBastard: Mabuse, as usual
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Mabuse and Jordan.
* NoOneSeesTheBoss: As in ''Testament''.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Cornelius.
* PhonyPsychic
* PsychoPsychologist: Jordan, if he even is a psychiatrist.
* RealTime: As with the previous Mabuse films, set in the year of release.
* SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere: The control room in the basement of the hotel, for Marion and Travers.
* StagedShooting: Followed by a real one, when the club-footed man is first "shot" by Travers to defend Marion, and then really shot by the man in sunglasses. Also, the faked assassination attempt on Cornelius at the seance.
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Justified, as the hotel was secretly built by the SS as a panopticon so they could spy on foreign businessmen and diplomats.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Komissar Kras
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The gunman in shades and his driver.
* VillainBasedFranchise: This was where it really took off.
* TheVoice: Mabuse again, using the club-footed man as his reader. Almost a pre-internet example of VoiceWithAnInternetConnection.
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In this film, the methods of the long-dead DiabolicalMastermind Dr. Mabuse appear to be being put into practice again in the West Germany of the ''Wirtschaftswunder''. Kommisar Kras of Homicide is investigating a series of mysterious crimes against wealthy guests of the Hotel Luxor. Meanwhile, at the Luxor, an American businessman tries to save a woman in distress...
The film failed to achieve the lasting reputation of the earlier Mabuse films with critics, but was enough of a hit to initiate a new series of Mabuse films by other directors, also featuring Wolfgang Priess as Mabuse and Gert Fröbe as his police enemy.
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!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnswerCut: Several times.
* BondVillainStupidity: Dr. Mabuse III leaving Travers and Marion to die in the sealed control room.
* CallBack:
** The opening scene in which the journalist Barter is shot in his car is an shot-for-shot copy of the murder of Dr. Kramm in ''Testament'', using modern vehicles.
** The attempt to kill Kras with an exploding telephone is a direct reference to a similar scene in ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler''.
** The climax with Travers and Marion sealed in the control room is a hybrid of Mabuse being trapped in the workshop at the end of ''Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler'' and the death trap for Kent and Lilli in ''Testament''.
* TheChessmaster: Mabuse
* DecoyDamsel: Marion.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Yet again.
* TheDulcineaEffect: Deliberately used in an evil plan.
* FakeAmerican: Peter van Eyck as Travers
* HoneyTrap: The whole situation with Marion and her "husband" is a fake to make Travers fall in love with her, so that he can marry her and Mabuse can then kill him and run his company when she inherits.
* InLoveWithTheMark: Marion
* LegacyCharacter: Dr Mabuse III, somewhere between this and JackTheRipoff.
* LoveRedeems: Marion
* ManipulativeBastard: Mabuse, as usual
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Mabuse and Jordan.
* NoOneSeesTheBoss: As in ''Testament''.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Cornelius.
* PhonyPsychic
* PsychoPsychologist: Jordan, if he even is a psychiatrist.
* RealTime: As with the previous Mabuse films, set in the year of release.
* SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere: The control room in the basement of the hotel, for Marion and Travers.
* StagedShooting: Followed by a real one, when the club-footed man is first "shot" by Travers to defend Marion, and then really shot by the man in sunglasses. Also, the faked assassination attempt on Cornelius at the seance.
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Justified, as the hotel was secretly built by the SS as a panopticon so they could spy on foreign businessmen and diplomats.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Komissar Kras
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The gunman in shades and his driver.
* VillainBasedFranchise: This was where it really took off.
* TheVoice: Mabuse again, using the club-footed man as his reader. Almost a pre-internet example of VoiceWithAnInternetConnection.
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