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DR. MABUSE: THE GAMBLER DR. MABUSE: THE GAMBLER Miscellaneous OR search current auctions Auction History Result 6w064 DR. MABUSE: THE GAMBLER complete set of 12 English 2x3 promo cards '20s Fritz Lang! Date Sold 5/5/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Complete Set of 12 Original Undated (probably mid 1920s; from the first release of this movie in England) Vintage English Movie Promotional Cards (measures 1 1/2" x 2 3/4" [4 x 7 cm]) (Learn More) Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (released in English-speaking countries as "Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler" and "Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime"), the 1922 Fritz Lang German silent gambling crime thriller (based on the novel by Norbert Jacques; about a criminal mastermind in Germany who runs all of the various crime syndicates there; in this movie, he has a scheme to make a fortune by rigging the Stock Exchange, and as part of his plan, he gets into an expensive card game with a very rich man, and intentionally loses to him; he is a master of disguise, and in one of his disguises, he is a magician at a cabaret, amazing the audience with his illusions) starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge (in the title role as Dr. Mabuse), Alfred Abel, Aud Egede Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, and Bernhard Goetzke. This movie was so long (over 5 hours), that it was only rarely released as one movie, and far more often it was split into two parts (the second part was called "Dr. Mabuse, Inferno des Verbrechens"). Note that Fritz Lang made this wonderful movie in 1922. In 1933, he resurrected the character in a sound movie, "Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse", and he simultaneously made the movie in French as "Le Testament du Dr. Mabuse" (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). The movie 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 this movie, Lang left Germany, first for France, where he made Liliom, and then to America, where he stayed and made many memorable movies. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this rare complete set of 12 English 2" x 3" promo cards at first glance looks like they would be cigarette cards, but they are not. They were created by the company (Granger's Exclusives) which distributed this classic German movie in England on its first release there (which surely occurred in the mid 1920s, but we were unable to determine the exact date of the first English release). Eight of the cards have teaser images of eight of the male cast members, with the tagline "Is this Dr. Mabuse?" on each, and the other four show scenes from the movie. Each has a number and the name of the movie on the back, together with a description of the image on the front (we have photographed the front and back of each card). We have never seen these cards (which were likely given away in some sort of promotion) before! Condition: very good. Some of the cards have some smudges or small stains, but nothing very substantial or distracting. A few have minor border wear. See our images to get a good sense of the exact condition of these cards. Learn More about condition grades 
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