Pre-viewed for quality and both tapes played great. Both cassettes have a store branded foil security sticker on the left endcap assuring you of first generation quality. Both are full screen B&W, Out Of Print and no longer being manufactured.

TESTAMENT of DR. MABUSE (1933) Rudolf Klein-Rogge returned in the sound sequel to Fritz Lang's silent 'Dr. Mabuse' (1922). He controls a criminal organization from his asylum cell and plots to crush society in a wave of theft and violence. The madman, who spouts actual Nazi slogans, hypnotizes and transfers his personality into the director of the asylum (Oskar Beregi) to carry out his fiendish plan after his death.

Inspector Lohmann (Otto Wernicke) uncovers the master criminal in the end. It was to premiere in Berlin in 1933 but was banned by the Nazi government, and Lang fled the country, saying that his film denounced fascism. His screenwriter wife chose to stay behind and became a top Nazi screenwriter. This is the original complete 2 hour version in German with English subtitles. Comes in it's original Home Vision slipcase box that has a small barcode sticker on the bottom left spine.

1,000 EYES of DR. MABUSE (1960) is the last film directed by the legendary Fritz Lang and hailed a return of the master-criminal he had brought to the screen previously in 1922 and 1933. Those films had spawned a whole series of post-war Dr. Mabuse thrillers by other directors. Now the master came back with a film considered to be a low budget classic.

This is the English-dubbed version, which is undeserving of its bad reputation and was clearly voiced by many of the Titra sound regulars, who did an above-average job on a difficult assignment.

In this story, the Hotel Luxor is the site of 15 murders under investigation and is run by a criminal who believes himself to be the reincarnation of the infamous Dr. Mabuse. The hotel is completely bugged throughout with hidden cameras, one-way mirrors and all manner of sci-fi type gadgets that were inspired by actual Nazi plans to observe foreign dignataries visiting Germany after they had won the war.

This swan song looks like nothing less than the blueprint for the James Bond films that soon followed. There is something to be said for this dubbed version, in that the lack of subtitles allows one to focus more on the visuals and the editing techniques. Comes in it's original black, hard plastic clamshell display case from Something Weird Video.