History Film / Die1000AugenDesDrMabuse

In 1960, Creator/FritzLang returned to UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} to make his last film, a much-delayed sequel to ''Film/DrMabuseTheGambler'' and ''Film/TheTestamentOfDoctorMabuse''.

%% * BlindSeer: Cornelius, [[ObfuscatingDisability supposedly]].

%% * TheChessmaster: Mabuse.
* 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''.
%% * DecoyDamsel: Marion.
%% * DiabolicalMastermind: Yet again.
%% * TheDulcineaEffect: Deliberately used in an evil plan.

* InLoveWithTheMark: Marion.

%% * LegacyCharacter: Dr. Mabuse III, somewhere between this and JackTheRipoff.
%% * LoveRedeems: Marion.

%% * MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Mabuse and Jordan.

%% * 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.

%% * PhonyPsychic
%% * ProphetEyes: Cornelius. If you think they look like dodgy contact lenses, you're absolutely right.
%% * PsychoPsychologist: Jordan, if he even is a psychiatrist.

%% * 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.

* AnswerCut: Several times.
* BlindSeer: Cornelius, [[ObfuscatingDisability supposedly]].
* BondVillainStupidity: Dr. Mabuse III leaving Travers and Marion to die in the sealed control room.

* TheChessmaster: Mabuse.

* DecoyDamsel: Marion.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Yet again.
* TheDulcineaEffect: Deliberately used in an evil plan.

* LegacyCharacter: Dr. Mabuse III, somewhere between this and JackTheRipoff.
* LoveRedeems: Marion.

* ManipulativeBastard: Mabuse, as usual.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Mabuse and Jordan.

* 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.

* PhonyPsychic
* ProphetEyes: Cornelius. If you think they look like dodgy contact lenses, you're absolutely right.
* PsychoPsychologist: Jordan, if he even is a psychiatrist.

* SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere: The control room in the basement of the hotel, for Marion and Travers.
* SinisterShades: Mabuse's gunman.

* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Komissar Kras.

* VillainBasedFranchise: This was where it really took off.

In 1960, Creator/FritzLang returned to UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} to make his last film, a much delayed sequel to ''Film/DrMabuseTheGambler'' and ''Film/DasTestamentDesDoktorMabuse''.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The gunman in shades and his driver.

* NoNameGiven: The club footed man, the killer in sunglasses, and the engineer.

* 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.

* 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.

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...

!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:

* TheChessmaster: Mabuse

** 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''.

* 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.
* InLoveWithTheMark: Marion

* LegacyCharacter: Dr Mabuse III, somewhere between this and JackTheRipoff.
* LoveRedeems: Marion

* 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.

* NeverFoundTheBody: Dr Mabuse III drives his car into a river in what is blatantly signalled as an example of this trope.
* NoNameGiven: The club-footed man, the killer in sunglasses, and the engineer.

* 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.

* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Komissar Kras

* 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.

* FakeAmerican: Peter van Eyck as Travers

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.

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.

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...

* TheChessmaster: Mabuse*
ContinuityNod:

* ContinuityNod:

** 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

* CallBack:

** 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.
* TheChessmaster: Mabuse

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''.