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Auction History Result 5a0079 TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE German LC #12 1933 Fritz Lang, from ultra rare aborted first release! Date Sold 7/12/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical German Movie Lobby Card #12 (LC; measures 9 1/4" x 12" [23 x 30 cm]) (Learn More) Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (released in the U.S. in 1943 as "The Last Will of Doctor Mabuse", and "The Testament of Doctor Mabuse"), the classic 1933 Fritz Lang German crime mad criminal genius detective thriller (a very complicated story of a criminal mastermind who runs a huge operation from his room in a mental hospital, and the detective trying to break up his crime syndicate; there are some who think that Lang intended his central character to be a parody of Hitler, and obviously, Hitler took offense at this parallel, because he had the movie banned!; the movie is a sequel of sorts to Lang's 5 hour silent movie "Dr. Mabuse", which is sometimes shown in two parts; some people consider this movie to be Lang's very best movie, amazing since he also did "Metropolis" and "M"!) starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge (in the title role as Dr. Mabuse), Oscar Beregi Sr., Thomy Bourdelle, Raymond Cordy, Gustav Diessl, Ginette Gaubert, Wera Liessem, Theodor Loos, Maurice Maillot, Karl Meixner, Daniel Mendaille, Camilla Spira, and Monique Rolland. This movie is unusual in that Fritz Lang shot two versions of the movie at the same time! In addition to the regular German language version, Lang made a second French language version. In that movie, Rudolf Klein-Rogge played Dr Mabuse as well as in the German version, but the rest of the cast was entirely different. This was done by many of the major studios in the very early 1930s, where they would have a second cast film a second version of the movie on the same sets (which saved a lot of money), but in all the other cases we know of, a second director was called in to shoot the second version. In this case, Lang directed both versions (although Rene Sti was the co-director of the French version). Note that, shortly before it was to be released, this film was banned in Germany by Joseph Goebbels (Nazi politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda) because it "showed that an extremely dedicated group of people are perfectly capable of overthrowing any state with violence". It finally had a German (West) release in 1951. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is a "country of origin" lobby card for this German movie! Earlier in 2020, we auctioned three small German stills from this movie that had a Nero Films credit. This lobby card (the first we have ever auctioned) has the same Nero Films credit, but it also has a Universal Films logo. We investigated, and discovered that Universal intended to co-release this movie in both Germany and the U.S., but that Joseph Goebbels banned it just as it was about to be released, and there was no German release until after World War II in 1951 (and there was a limited release in the U.S. in 1943, and then a major re-release in 1953). So this is the only German lobby card we have ever auctioned from the movie's intended first release (and there may not be any other lobby cards or posters surviving)! Also note that this German lobby card measures 9 1/4" x 12" [23 x 30 cm]. Condition: very good. The lobby card has faint smudges in the bottom border and a few minor creases around the edges. Otherwise, it is in really nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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