The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1960 · 99 mins · German

Directed by

Fritz Lang

Starring

Peter van Eyck, Wolfgang Preiss, Gert Fröbe, Dawn Addams, Werner Peters, David Cameron

When Dr. Mabuse escapes, a reporter is gunned down on his way to work. The police enlist a clairvoyant who has already witnessed the murder in a vision, yet a mysterious force blocks the seer’s view of the killer, leaving the investigation shrouded in uncertainty.