The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

1964 [GERMAN]

Crime / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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IMDb Rating 4.8/10 10 507 507

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Plot summary

The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.

Director

Hugo Fregonese Photo
Hugo Fregonese

Top cast

Erich Fiedler Photo
Erich Fiedler as Direktor Botani
Yvonne Furneaux Photo
Yvonne Furneaux as Gilda Larsen
Walter Rilla Photo
Walter Rilla as Prof. Pohland
Claudio Gora Photo
Claudio Gora as Museumsdirektor Botani / Dr. Mabuse
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837.84 MB
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German 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 31 min
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1.52 GB
1472*1076
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by richardchatten 5 / 10

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

Hugo Fregonese added an unexpected postscript to his Hollywood career in this late entry in the Doctor Mabuse saga.Employing such picturesque futuristic devices as death rays, with an unlikely international cast including the likes of Peter Van Eyck and Leo Genn. In conclusion (SLIGHT SPOILER COMING:) it all builds up to an underwater battle that anticipates'Thunderball'.
Reviewed by ZeddaZogenau 5 / 10

Sixth Film of the West German Doktor Mabuse Series

Four years had passed since the Mabuse series was revived with the film THE 1000 EYES OF DOCTOR MABUSE (1960) by Fritz LANG. The concept had slowly run its course. It didn't help that producer Artur BRAUNER made filming in Italy possible. The desired flair of the very successful James Bond film DOCTOR NO (1962) could not even be achieved in the slightest.In his third Mabuse mission, Peter van EYCK chases mysterious death rays invented by a professor played by O. E. HASSE (known from I CONFESS (1951) by Alfred HITCHCOCK). All of this is combined with a spy plot with timid science fiction elements. The "West German James Bond" Peter von EYCK receives female support in this film from Rika DIALINA and Yvonne FURNEAUX, who remain very colorless. There are also interesting supporting roles from two well-known faces from various CINECITTA films: Yoko TANI shines as a seductive secretary, and Feodor CHALIAPIN Jr. Can be seen as a pharmacist.In West German cinemas, just over 1.2 million visitors wanted to see the sixth film in the Mabuse series, but the final farewell to Doctor Mabuse was inevitable after this contribution.
Reviewed by Horst_In_Translation 4 / 10

Last Mabuse from the 60s, as forgettable as the previous ones basically

"Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse" is a German black-and-white film from 1964, so this one is already way over half a century. It runs for slightly under 1.5 hours and looking at the crew list you will see that actually quite a few people worked as writers and directors here. The outcome for that is quite disappointing, so it is probably a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth. But there is another major problem here, namely that this film delivers zero creativity as a stand-alone movie. It is a bit of everything that was popular around that time in Germany: a touch of Edgar Wallace (Rialto) films, a touch of James Bond (the death ray obviously) and a touch of Mabuse and the older films about the criminal mastermind. The only thing missing is probably Winnetou-related stuff. But there is absolutely nothing in here that somehow warrants the film as a stand-alone creative achievement. It is also a waste of actors, even if Gert Fröbe isn't on board this time. Peter van Eyck is a much better actor than he is allowed to show us here for sure and he is just as forgettable as the rest basically. The script is very forgettable. Every time the film seems to head in a direction where it could actually made an impact, it is thrown back by random Mabuse references and honestly this film could have turned out clearly superior without the evil doctor being in the center of it. but I guess it is the name that lured so many people into cinema, so they did not want to do without it. It cost them as by today's standards the film has not aged well at all. I'd say the rating here on IMDb is accurate, but then again it is not worse than several previous Mabuse films. Still maybe a good thing the series came to a halt for a while after this one as the subject honestly had been overdone by then. Also the more frequent inclusion of color in the coming years may have hurt the franchise, but you could almost say "helped" as they could not mess it up any further. So yeah, I don't think "The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse" (and there are several other titles out there for this one) is a failure or anything, but it is a film that is basically just a collection of stuff that had been done better and more originally on other occasions. I don't recommend seeing it. Thumbs down.
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