''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'' ( ger, Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse) is a 1962 German film directed by Werner Klingler. It was the fourth part of the ''Dr. Mabuse'' series from the 1960s and was a remake of the 1933 Fritz Lang film '' The Testament of Dr. Mabuse''.

Cast

Cast adapted from Filmportal.de:

Production

In 1962, producer Artur Brauner set-up a new mini-studio of

CCC Film CCC Film (German: Central Cinema Compagnie-Film GmbH) is a German film production company founded in 1946 by Artur Brauner. A Polish Jew who survived the Nazi era by fleeing to the Soviet Union, he lost dozens of relatives to the Nazis. His primar ...

called CCC Filmkunst (). This production was set to make three films a year on lower budgets with more freedom to develop a film, which included ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse''. ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'' was shot on location in Berlin and at the Spandau Studios between May 16 and May 23, 1962.

Release

''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'' was distributed theatrically in West Germany by Constantin Film on September 2, 1962. The film was released in 1965 in the United States and was the last of the ''Dr. Mabuse'' films to be released theatrically there.

Reception

From contemporary reviews, an anonymous reviewer in the '' Monthly Film Bulletin'' reviewed an 88 minute English-dubbed version of the film. The reviewer declared the film "another black mark on the West Germany industry" and "one of the worst of the recent batch of Dr. Mabuse fabrications". He also wrote that despite borrowing elements from Fritz Lang's original film, "lacks even a glimpse of Lang's dramatic flair ..Things are made worse by an extremely tatty production—somewhat reminiscent of British films of the '30s" and poor quality dubbing.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Testament Of Dr. Mabuse, The 1960s German-language films Dr. Mabuse films West German films Films directed by Werner Klingler Remakes of German films German sequel films Police detective films Films shot in Berlin Films shot at Spandau Studios Constantin Film films German black-and-white films 1960s German films