''Mr. Tot aĉetas mil okulojn'' (English: ''Mr. Tot Buys A Thousand Eyes'') is the third novel originally written in

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

Jean Forge Jan Fethke (26 February 1903 – 16 December 1980) was a German-Polish film director and, under the pen name Jean Forge, a successful author. He also was a famous proponent of the language Esperanto. Life Born in Oppeln, Silesia, Jan Fethke ...

. It appeared in 1931. It is a fantasy adventure novel. The author's previous excessive use of suffixes, most noticeable in his previous work ''Saltego trans Jarmiloj'', disappears in this novel. :''A detective novel, but not a hair raising bloody fantasy. It is so modern, so richly saturated with psychological undertones and pulsating life, that its value greatly exceeds the standards that one generally has for novels of its genre.'' The novel is included in William Auld's ''Basic Esperanto Reading List''. :eo:Baza legolisto In 1960,

Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary ''Variety'', August 4, 1976, p. 6 ...

used the novel as a basis for his last film '' The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse''.

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Esperanto novels 1931 German novels 1931 fantasy novels German fantasy novels German mystery novels German novels adapted into films Novels by Jean Forge {{1930s-fantasy-novel-stub