The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
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Fritz Lang's 1933 addition to the popular Dr. Mabuse series is action packed from the get-go. Dr. Mabuse believes the empire of crime will rise through fear, the crime will not benefit with money, only the forced fear in society. This is easily Lang's commentary on the rising Adolf Hitler in Germany, which Lang fled during the heightened rise of the Third Reich. 1933 was the year Hitler erected the first concentration camp, began burning books, and boycotted Jewish owned shops; the Nazi threat was spreading and gaining power with fear and force.