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Auction History Result 7g0401 LAST WILL OF DR MABUSE 1sh 1943 Fritz Lang, Klein-Rogge in title role, French version, rare! Date Sold 9/26/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1943 Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Le Testament du Dr. Mabuse (released in 1943 in the U.S. as "The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse"), the 1933 Fritz Lang & Rene Sti German/French mystery crime horror thriller ("The screens's supreme thrill drama!"; "A triumph by the master director Fritz Lang"; 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), Jim Gerald, Rene Ferte, Monique Rolland, Thomy Bourdelle, Otto Wernicke (billed as "Otto Vernicke"), and Gustav Diesel. Note that 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 is similar to what occurred in 1931 when Tod Browning shot a Spanish language version of Dracula with a different cast. This movie was a little different than others that were shot in two languages. Lang was fluent in French, but most of the actors were not, so those actors were replaced by French actors, except for Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and because he could not speak French, his lines were dubbed, because he was essential to the movies. After the movie was filmed, the German version was banned in Germany by Joseph Goebbels, who felt it reflected poorly on Germany, and because of this, its world premiere was held in Budapest. After making both versions of this movie, Lang left Germany, first for France, where he made Liliom, and then to America, where he stayed and made many memorable movies. Finally, note that this movie resurrected the character from one of Lang's very best silent movies, Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (released in English-speaking countries as "Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler" and "Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime"). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have only auctioned two examples of this poster before! Also, as mentioned in the Description, Fritz Lang shot two versions of this movie at the same time. In addition to the regular German language version, Lang made a second French language version. This poster is promoting the first release of the French version of the film. We know this because 1943 newspaper reviews list the cast and distributor. While IMDB claims that the German version had a U.S. release in 1939, we can find no evidence of this in newspapers. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. The poster has a few tears of varying lengths along portions of the horizontal foldlines and edges and the ones in portions of the edges have been repaired with tape from the back that slightly bleeds through to the front (see our image). There is some rippling in the lower quarter of the poster. It is otherwise "mostly all there" and after proper restoration the rare poster will display well, but bear in mind the poster's condition and the cost of restoration before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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