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DR MABUSE, THE GAMBLER.

After the novel published in the Berliner Illustrierten Zeitung by Norbert Jacques.

Scenario: Thea von Harbou.

Direction: Fritz Lang.

Collaborators:

Production Design: Otto Hunte and Stahl-Urach.

Director of Photography: Carl Hoffmann.

The principal cast and their support:

Dr Mabuse: Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Cara Carozza, the Dancer: Aud Egede Nissen

Countess Dusy Told: Gertrude Welker

Count Told: Alfred Abel

State Prosecutor von Wenk: Bernhard Goetzke

Edgar Hull: Paul Richter Spoerri: Robert Forster-Larrinaga

Georg: Hans Adalbert von Schlettow Pesch: Georg John

Hawasch: Karl Huszar Fine: Grete Berger

Karsten: Julius Falkenstein The Russian: Lydia Potechina

Emil Schramm: Julius Herrmann

The wardrobes of the principal actresses were designed by Vally Reinecke

in the fashion studios of Flatow-Schédler and Mossner.

PART TWO: INFERNO. A GAME OF PEOPLE OF OUR TIME.

PRELUDE.

Dr Mabuse, the great gambler of people and destinies, makes an attempt

on the life of his persecutor, State Prosecutor von Wen k,

using the dancer Cara Carozza - but it is young Hull who falls victim.

Carozza is arrested.

By the power of his will, Dr Mabuse forces Count Told

to cheat whilst gambling, and kidnaps Countess Told, whom he loves.

People who cannot sleep...

Dearest Mr von Wenk!

When I agreed to rat out Carozza in prison under false pretences

I believed I was finding the paid lackey of a terrible criminal.

But what I ended up finding was a loving woman

whose simple and unquestioning feelings made me ashamed

for acting in such a miserable and calculating manner.

I am not a suitable ally for you.

Forgive me if I am compelled to disappoint you -

- yours, Dusy Countess Told

The sleeping woman...

I am not a suitable ally for you.

Forgive me if I am compelled to disappoint you -

- yours, Dusy Countess Told

Only now shall the world learn who I am, - I!

Mabuse! - I want to become a giant, - a titan,

whirling laws and gods about like withered leaves!

Don't you want to tell me, Count Told, what happened to you?

I cheated...!

I cheated...! Yes - !

But I really didn't want to!

Something came over me!

Something stronger than me forced me to do it!

I, a person who usually doesn't even touch cards,

I had so much luck at the game that it was simply appalling!

I threw the cards down and won!

Had you known all of your guests personally for a long time?

Everyone, - save one - who was invited by my wife...

the psychoanalyst Dr Mabuse...

But he didn't play with us.

Cheater - !!

My wife has left me...

She probably drove to her mother...

because she no longer wants anything to do with a cheat...

Don't you know of any doctor at all you trust?

An experienced psychiatrist with whom you could speak about your case?

Dr Mabuse...? If I turned to Dr Mabuse?

Your efforts are in vain, countess. This door only opens if / want it to!

Count Told is on the phone!

Doctor, you were present when the incident during the game happened...

I need your professional assistance. When can I come to see you?

I only do treatments in the patient's home!

Expect me tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock!

END OF THE FIRST ACT.

SECOND ACT.

Get yourself ready!

You're to be transferred to the women's prison!

The eleventh hour...

Your case interests me, - I'll treat you. -

But only under certain conditions!

You will not leave the house, not receive anyone, not speak to anyone

for as long as you'll be treated by me.

You mustn't see anyone who reminds you of your former life!

From today onward,

I'm no longer available in person nor by telephone.

Tell anyone that asks for me or the countess

that we're away indefinitely!

Please connect me to Count Told.

The countess is not with her mother!

Sorry, the master and mistress are out of town!

Sorry, state prosecutor sir,

the master and mistress departed this morning!

My brother sent one of his colleagues

to tell us that Carozza has been transferred to the women's prison.

She's in cell 194, main building, 2nd floor.

The blind...

If by some goddamn chance they catch on to me,

I'll escape through this corridor.

- And I'd like to see the man who opens the trapdoor without the key!

From below, a touch of your thumb is enough to lift the door!

Dress accordingly and report back to me!

You'll take on a new duty in my house!

Captivity...

Watch out!

My sudden disappearance can't stay unnoticed.

My husband, my friends will be looking for me...

Your friends - ?!

Maybe you mean State Prosecutor von Wank?

If the state prosecutor doesn't get here very soon,

then he won't have any more time to free you!

And my husband - ?

Your husband is being treated by me!

Take care not to speak to your husband!

Take care, too, not even to think about him!

You're pronouncing your death sentence if you speak his name in my presence!

Hurry up, for Christ's sake!

I should have been at the women's prison for a long time already!

You've got only yourself to blame for your situation, Miss Carozza.

Why are you in such persistent denial?

If, in the end, you decide to help us solve Hull's murder,

I could obtain many privileges for you!

You're sacrificing yourself for a villain who just betrays you

- and you're sacrificing yourself for nothing,

- because we're already onto him!

He's stronger than all of you!

He annihilates whomever he wants!

He'll annihilate you too if you stand in his way!

I'm here to check the electrical installation...

The man for whose sake you're here

has thrown you away like a squeezed fruit!

He knows perfectly well that it's your head that will roll

- and doesn't lift a finger to save you...

...and who can give you the guarantee

that there's not already another woman triumphing over you in his heart?

Give me two days' time...!

Numbskull - !!

I've gotta get a ladder!

When's Wenk getting back?

At five...

Wenk broke Carozza down...

We can't rely on her anymore, as she might squeal...

Then dispose with her - !

This costs you your head, my boy!

Who gave you your orders?

From him - ?!

But - Why - ?

I haven't even - done anything to him - ?!

I'll try an experiment...

I'll confront him with Carozza.

Maybe one of them will betray themselves - or even them both...

You...?

END OF THE SECOND ACT.

THIRD ACT.

The confrontation...

He's done her in - !!

Who - ?!

Who - ?! the name - the name - !!

No, no, no. - '-

I'm not saying a single word - ! Otherwise I'll end up like her - !

This man must be transferred to police headquarters

with double the usual guard and all possible security measures!

Take different routes than usual! Avoid busy streets!

I expect an immediate report!

And even if I have to cross-examine you for the next 48 hours, my boy, -

I'll get the name out of you!

You can count on it!

Johannes Gutter's been arrested!

He's been brought to police headquarters!!

All his life Johannes Gutter has fought for our just cause!

That's why they plucked him right out from under us!

Can we tolerate this?!

We won't let him down! We shall free him!

They're not taking the usual route! They're going through Millernstrasse!

Hand Johannes Gutter over to us!!!

Be sensible, people!

The prisoner we're transporting is not Johannes Gutter!

You can see for yourself that this isn't Gutter.

But then be sensible and go on your way!

Where are the people with the prisoner?!

Since the incident with Carozza

I can't have one quiet minute until I know the bloke's in your care!

Carozza was searched most carefully at her committal.

So then where did she get the poison?!

The mystery man must have his accomplices

even in the women's prison!

We weren't able to go any further on Millernstrasse!

The devil knows who stirred those people up...

Wake up the countess and tell her I wish to speak with her...

I zaw de man for de first time in my life!

No-one-of-us did know him!

But as he had sahtch a beeg mouth... -

You wish to speak with me?!

This game between you and me has to come to an end...

One way - or another!

I'm no longer the man I used to be.

I'm making mistakes... I'm losing my nerves...

I have the intention of leaving this town and this country, countess,

and I come to ask whether you want to accompany me!

I want you to be mine!

And I'll mercilessly annihilate any obstacle

to come between you and me!

For the last time, countess: do you follow me voluntarily - or as a prisoner -?

Never, do you hear me? - Never! I want to see my husband!

You have just pronounced your husband's death sentence...

Ghosts of the night...

Daytime...

Dr Mabuse!

Your condition has worsened... You're sicker than ever!

Do you know that your wife has the intention

of taking you to the madhouse?

Your wife has left you... - for good!

Your existence is wiped out...

You can't live any longer...

Can't live any longer- ! !

Can't live any longer!!!

The count must now be left completely alone...

Any disturbance could lead to a catastrophe!

Can't live any longer!

With the razor blade - !

END OF THE THIRD ACT.

FOURTH ACT.

Where is the countess?

I haven't seen anything of the countess

since that unfortunate night of gambling!

Then why did you tell me on the telephone

that the master and mistress had gone away?

It was done by the order of the count...

...if I may tell you my opinion, state prosecutor sir,

I'd say that the count's condition only became quite dire

once Dr Mabuse started his treatment.

Since we're leaving the country tomorrow, countess,

I'd like to introduce you to the people

that will have the honour of being at your personal service!

I wish to go back to my husband!

Your husband is dead - !

If you're a human being...

if there's still any human emotion inside of you...

then let me see my husband!

I will personally call upon Dr Mabuse.

Do you know his address?

I'm very sorry, but the doctor's gone out!

Nothing new, state prosecutor!

Allow me to introduce myself: Dr Mabuse!

Strange how our intentions have coincided, doctor!

I just came back from your residence.

I wanted to inform you of the suicide of your patient, Count Told!

And I came to see you in your position as state prosecutor, Mr von Wen k,

as I hoped to prevent this tragic end with your assistance!

The Told case is so strange, from the very beginning to the end,

that I came to the conclusion that Count Told,

when he cheated, as well as when he committed suicide,

acted under the influence of a superior, hostile will!

Are you familiar with Weltmann's experiments?

Experimental Evening with Sandor Weltmann

Experiments with mass suggestion, waking hypnosis, trance,

natural magnetism, secrets of the Indian fakirs.

The secrets of the inner life.

The subconscious in humans and animals!

In the large auditorium of the Philharmonic. 8 o'clock.

There you can see with your own eyes

that Weltmann is able to use his unbelievable suggestive power

to force people to do things that are in an absolute conflict with their nature, -

and he prefers to demonstrate this ability

with persons that try to resist his influence...

And you think that Count Told became the victim

of just such a superior influence of an unknown enemy?

You've awakened my interest, doctor, - I'll follow your advice!

May I ask you one last question, doctor:

Do you know where we can find Countess Told?

How could you let the gentleman into my office without notifying me?

Is there no relying on you anymore either?!

Well... how did we get to this anyway?!

As soon as you see Wenk coming,

you start the engine and clear the way for him.

Then you get back here as quickly as possible!

This time none of the state prosecutor's bodyguards

will be able to save him!

I'm not sure whether Sandor Weltmann himself is the wire-puller of all this.

In any case, we're dealing with an opponent

of whom we must expect the unexpected.

This means you'll have to act on your own initiative...

END OF THE FOURTH ACT.

FIFTH ACT.

Experimental Evening with Sandor Weltmann

Experiments with mass suggestion, waking hypnosis, trance,

natural magnetism, secrets of the Indian fakirs.

The secrets of the inner life.

The subconscious in humans and animals!

In the large auditorium of the Philharmonic. 8 o'clock.

Ladies and gentlemen!

I'd like to demonstrate for you now an instance of typical mass suggestion

similar to that at the basis of the tricks of the Indian fakirs.

I request that you call out two two-digit numbers!

So: 64 and 12.

If the holders of the corresponding seats agree to take part in my experiment,

I'd like to ask them to stand up!

Seat no. 12 is empty!

Perhaps if the gentleman in no. 11 would be so kind...

In your inside right pocket you've got two thousand-mark-notes,

1918 edition, series D no. 65045 and series E no. 5567,

a firearms license, an authorisation;

in the inside left pocket, a Browning - is that right?

I ask you to read what's written on the sheet!

The lady of no. 64 shall take the Browning out of the inside left pocket

of the gentleman of no. 11, and give it to the gentleman of no. 5!

Would the gentleman of no. 11 be so kind

to assist me with another experiment?

Then I ask you, and some other ladies and gentlemen,

to come to me onto the stage!

A new endeavour, ladies and gentlemen!

This gentleman will be so kind to read what I've written down

in this sealed envelope.

Doctor... Doctor Ma - !

Do what I have written down for you!

You lead the lady to her seat, leave the auditorium,

and get into car no. 3825 parked in front of the door

and drive at full throttle over the Bergstrasse

into the Melior quarry!

The note reads: lead the ladies to their seats,

leave the auditorium, go home, and lay down to sleep!

The whole thing seems strange to me! We have to go after him!

Chief, the "mystery man" - that we're looking for -

Dr Mabuse, the doctor, the gambler, the criminal...!

To the nearest police station - ! As quickly as possible - !!

I'll look for the car; you wake up Fine and the countess! -

Let the doctor sleep as long as possible.

He was at the end of his tether after that whole business last night!

We can't get out, the police have surrounded the house!

So then... we fight!!!

END OF THE FIFTH ACT.

SIXTH ACT.

The house is being more fiercely defended than we could have expected.

Our people should stay taking cover till I give further orders!

A telephone conversation...

This is State Prosecutor von Wenk!

Dr Mabuse, I demand that you not put up any resistance towards the police,

and that you surrender!

I feel like a state inside of a state with which I've always been at war!

If you want to get hold of me, - come get me!

We're prepared to use any means against you!

Give up your senseless resistance!

I'm going to take this opportunity

to let you know that Countess Told is here in my house!

We have to get the military involved!

Mabuse's holding Countess Told!

The attack on the house has to lead to our immediate success,

otherwise the woman's life is at risk!

Doctor - ! The military's moving in - !

Eat some cocaine, you limp-dick!

Let the woman run, doctor!

Above all save yourself!

Where is Mabuse - ?!

Shut yer mouth, Spoerri! Think of Pesch!!

...Home...!

Trapped...!

Wonder whether Limp-Dick'll keep his mouth shut?!

These objects were found on the dead in Mabuse's home, state prosecutor!

And Hawasch is dead... and Fine...

...it's the key... to Hawasch's counterfeiting shop -

Maybe that's where he fled...!

KISS MY ARSE!

You take over the bank, Dr Mabuse...

Cheater!

The man who was Dr Mabuse...