Dr. Mabuse - Watch Order: 1960s Timeline
The 1960s timeline represents a cohesive cycle of six films produced by CCC Film during Germany's krimi boom, featuring recurring cast members like Wolfgang Preiss as Mabuse and shared production elements. These films form a pseudo-serialized timeline where characters acknowledge Mabuse's previous crimes and legacy, though each entry can stand alone.
This cycle updates Mabuse for the Cold War era, shifting focus from Weimar politics to contemporary threats like mind control technology and surveillance paranoia. The timeline maintains flexible continuity with creative retcons about how Mabuse returns from death or defeat, often through spirit possession or criminal networks that carry on his methods.
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who saw the death in a vision, but some dark force is preventing him from seeing the man behind the crime...
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and an American - who may be an FBI agent, or maybe a Chicago mobster - investigate a series of gruesome murders connected to a maximum security prison and involving a minister who has written a book called "The Anatomy Of The Devil".
The Invisible Dr. Mabuse
Strange things happen in a revue theatre. The dancer Maria seems to be hunted by an invisible admirer. When the body of a probable FBI agent is found in a trunk the police asks FBI man Joe Como for help. Como gets interested in the revue theatre and an ominous transport firm soon. When he is receiving mysterious threatening letters he is sure that Dr. Mabuse has risen again. But what is going on at "Enterprise X" so that both the goverment and the mad genius in crime are interested in it?
The Terror of Doctor Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse has been locked away for years in an insane asylum. Suddenly crimes start occurring and no one knows the culprit. A detective goes to visit the Doctor to find some sort of clues to the robberies.
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard
The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabuse then begins a new crime wave that terrorizes the city.
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