Doctor Mabuse

Dr. Mabuse is a villainous fictional character, created by Norbert Jacques, but made most famous by the three films German director Fritz Lang made about him over a period of almost forty years. Though the character was designed to deliberately mimic pulp-style villains in the mold of Dr. Fu Manchu and particularly Fantômas, the latter of which was a direct inspiration, Jacques' aim was both to capture the commercial success of such pulp tales and to make political comment on the establishment of the day, in much the same way that the silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari had done just a few years previously.

Related Topics:
Villain - Fictional character - Norbert Jacques - Fritz Lang - Pulp - Fu Manchu - Fantômas - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

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