The Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse: A Study of the Twelve Films and Five Novels

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2005

PN1995

2001-30696

0-7864-2337-4

The strange case of Dr. Mabuse; a study of the twelve films and five novels. (reprint, 2001)

Kalat, David.

McFarland & Co., [c]2005

305 p.

$29.95 (pa)

The adventures of the master criminal Mabuse continued for eight decades in film and fiction after his creation by author Norbert Jacques in 1922. Kalat, a film historian, examines the complete Mabuse canon as well as the influence of Mabuse mythology on German popular culture. The text is full of photographs, stills and gossip about the directors and film stars who perpetuated the stories about Mabuse and his crimes.