"Prosecutor von Wenk" "Disguised as a gaming-crazy pusher in secret gambling clubs" "I will try and lure the Great Unknown to my track" " and you shall help!" "Please go at once to La Carrozza and get me from her a list of the secret gambling clubs, which I then will visit every evening." "Dear Mr. von Wenk :" "Since I believe I that owe you an explanation and do not wish you to regard me as a woman seeking trivial adventures in gaming clubs, I would ask you to take tea with me at five." "Yours obediently, Countesse Told" "Since I believe I that owe you an explanation and do not wish you to regard me as a woman seeking trivial adventures in gaming clubs," "I would ask you to take tea with me at five." "Yours obediently, Countesse Told" "Please Mr. von Wenk," "I thank you" "You have saved me from an embarassing dispute" "You have saved me from an embarassing dispute" "and my husband from the bitter discovery that his wife seeks relief and my husband from the bitter discovery that his wife seeks relief from the dead atmosphere of his house from the dead atmosphere of his house in night-spots and gambling-dens." "I need life, the strong breath of the unusual." "the strong breath of the unusual." "But I fear they are extinct!" "You are incorrect, Countess." "Adventures still exist -- and I am right in the middle of one of the most interesting!" "Would you like to take part in it?" "The enemy I pursue " " I do not know him " "I do not know him " " I only know he is there." "I came to warn you ..." "For the first time in my life I fear for you ..." "Be wary of Wenk!" "Give me convincing proof your Great Unknown is real and I will become your ally in the fight against him!" "Play with money ... with people ... with destinies ... ..." "And the most horrible, Yourself!" "Good luck!" "Karsten" "The third night ..." "Andreastr., 67 password : blue fox" "Hall of Fashion Schifferdamm , 110 : anchor" "Taberna Wienerstr., 212 password :" "Marble" "Jochen Café Allee 11 password : pineapple" "Palacio de Andalucía Pariser Platz, 10 Password :" "Venus" "Password?" "Pineapple..." "Cocaine or cards-?" "Cards ..." "But these are Chinese spectacles..." "Yes, from TSI-NAN-FU!" "You take--!" "No!" "YOU TAKE - !" "NO!" "Wasn't that the gentleman from 340?" "No, sir!" "It was the Dutch professor from room 321." "I would like to speak with the manager!" "Who is occupying room 321?" "Professor van den Gruich!" "Does he live alone?" "then it is possible that ..." "Please notify your house detective!" "He has flown ..." "Who was the last to leave the hotel?" "The manager." "Me?" "..." "I've been in the office the entire time!" "I think Room 321 is ..." "Ready to be rented." "End of Act IV" "Act V" "Awakening" "Whisky !" "I told Hawasch and Spoerri to ... be ... here at 6 ..." "Why haven't they arrived yet?" "You must return this to the State Attorney." "I don't rob corpses." "State Attorney Norbert von Wenk is authorized." "at any time to make arrests, to enlist the aid of the police and any government officials or local authorities." "His instructions are to be followed absolutely." "Wogenbruty" "Carozza is to come--!" "Well, you may congratulate yourselves " "Andreastr., 67 password : blue fox" "Schifferdamm Fashion Lounge, 110 password : anchor" "Taberna Wienerstr., 212 password :" "Marble" "Jochen Café Allee 11 password : pineapple" "Palacio de Andalucía, Pariser Platz 10 password :" "Venus" "You bloodhound, you goddamn Bloodhound!" "You dare open your mouth, you cur--?" "!" "What am I paying you for if at the first opportunity you fail like a little girl and let the State Attorney get away?" "!" "?" "Hull has to disappear!" "And above all, Wenk!" "Georg will do it -- both of you will help him." "La Carozza will engineer it." "Mr. State Attorney, a driver has brought a package   half an hour ago." "I've just dropped in, Gardi, to tell you of a marvelous new club that's being opened tonight." "We absolutely have to go there!" "Opening Tonight Petit Casino," "Haydn Street, 11." "Passeword :" "Mirabeau" "You have to be there at 11 o'clock with Hull." "make absolutely sure that Wenk does not come too!" "B." "In any case go there with La Carozza, but behave as innocuously as possible." "so that she doesn't become suspicious." "There is no danger ." "" " I will be there first!" "The Countess very much regrets.." "that she is not able to receive the State Attorney but the ladies and gentlemen have been invited to a spiritual seance at Councillor Wendel's tonight" "Haydnstrasse 11" "You seem to possess the 'open sesame' to all secret doors, Mr. State Attorney!" "Ladies and gentlemen!" "I have the honor ... and ... the exquisite pleasure to solemnly open ... the Petit Casino in your esteemed presence!" "The Petit Casino has set itself the task to satisfy your most discriminating demands in every respect." "Among the most modern settings and decorations you shall be transported back to that Golden Age whose only motto was:" ""Everything that pleases is allowed."!" "The other world ..." "Countess, you will meet a person afterwards... extraordinary ... interesting ... and after such a  ... long wait." "Only hope appears ... one of our most ... famous psychoanalysts, who is knowledgeable in the occult sciences." "Ladies and gentlemen !" "I have thus explained to you the inestimable merits of the Petit Casino but what if the police were ever to try and interfere in our affairs and disturb us at our game?" "Well, then" "Now, Ladies and gentlemen, you are informed about everything" " play may commence!" "An alien element is among us!" "I am afraid, gentlemen, the troublemaker is me!" "Do not be disturbed, ladies and gentlemen." "I will be happy to keep the Countess company!" "Why do we not go to the table?" "..." "A prudent compromise." "I fear that there is nothing absolutely nothing ... in this world ... that interests me ... for long ..." "Everything that can be seen from a car, from an opera box, or from a window is partly disgusting, partly uninteresting, always boring!" "You are right, Countess ..." " nothing in the world is interesting for long -- except one thing ..." "Playing with people and their destinies!" "See to it that La Carozza does not notice my leaving" "I am going to telephone the police and have the party raided." "On no account leave Hull alone!" "I have asked Dr. Mabuse to give us the pleasure of his company Thursday night..." "Where is Wenk?" "Listen, the whole thing is bad news." "If that State Attorney sends the police chasing after us, we will be in the soup!" "The cars are parked in the side street" "Woman !" "..." "Arrest the woman--!" "End of Act V" "Act VI" "Shouldn't we do something to rescue La Carozza?" "What do I care about La Carozza now?" "Let her go to hell!" "?" "Let her go to hell!" "?" "You will not know what is going on, Mr. Prosecutor, if you keep me locked up!" "I give you one more week to liquidate Wenk, so you can plan everything reliably --." "but not a minute longer " " I want to be rid of him!" "Would it be very impolite if I" " cancelled that Dr. Mabuse's invitation...?" "I cannot really explain it!" "I don't know why I invited him nor why I now want to withdraw the invitation." "I ..." "State Attorney von Wenk wishes to know if the Countess receives!" "Within an hour I want to have at my disposal   an exact map of the Told household" "The other day, you promised me your help" " today I come to ask for it." "The woman ..." "That woman ..." "You would have to volunteer to join that Carozza woman in prison." "as if you, too, had been raided in a gaming club." "I am convinced you would succeed where we men have failed to get La Carozza to talk!" "Think of it ... this is about getting a lead on one of the most dangerous criminals of all time." "You would be doing your duty for society!" "What!" "He is in the round room " "Where Carozza used to stay - ?" "!" "This room shall be put in order immediately, Spoerri!" "All right, tonight at police headquarters!" "The evening ..." "Ms. Carozza ..." "What a coincidence !" "..." "Just think, they arrested me!" "At Schramm's!" "Then they dragged me to this place." "I am outraged -- beside myself -- !" "What do they want?" "Excellent!" "..." "Maybe you are here by choice!" "I have heard that they connect you with that terrible murder story!" "Ridiculous-!" "How do they get such an absurd notion!" "Were you even in the vicinity when the murder took place...?" "!" "Are you not ashamed of yourself?" "He's at his wits' end, this State Attorney" "And now he's expecting help from me - !" ".." "Me, who is more miserable and lost than a stray dog - !" "But after all, he did not mean to leave you " "He's dead!" "Who is dead ?" "..." "Hull ..." "Who could kill him?" "He can't even destroy himself. ..." "Who are you speaking of?" "Who he is -- nobody knows!" "He is there!" "He lives!" "He towers over the city!" "He is damnation and eternal bliss!" "He is the greatest man alive!" "And he has loved me!" "How can this be?" "And now tell me, what could force me to betray such a unique man to you miserable creatures -- !" "Forgive me, Miss Carozza ..." "I did not know-- that you love him " "Dear Mr. Wenk:" "I agreed under false pretenses to sound out Miss Carozza in prison." "I thought that I would find the paid tout of a notorious criminal -- only to find a woman full of love, before whose simple and unconditional feelings..." "I am not suitable to be your ally." "Please forgive me if for that reason I have to disappoint you." "Yours, Dusy Told, Countess" "The Great Game" "What is your attitude toward Expressionism, Doctor?" "Expressionism is mere pastime but why not?" "Everything today is pastime --!" "Since everything is a pastime, Doctor," "I hope you will not hold it against me if we now go over to play poker..." "Your husband has luck in the game!" "Curious ..." "My husband almost never plays!" "..." "I have encountered something which until recently I did not believe existed" " something of greater value and more deeply stirring than even the strongest sensation --!" "Love ..." "Love does not exist !" "..." "There is only the desire !" "..." "Luck does not exist!" "..." "There is only the power of the will!" "Told seems to have almost incredible luck " "Shall I give you some evidence of the power of the will?" "You Cheat!" "Mine ... !" "End of Part One." "This restoration was carried out in 2000 by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation in Wiesbaden, based on the negative of the copy distributed in Germany and the negative archived in the Bundesarchiv" " Filmarchiv in Berlin." "This version is a reconstruction from the Filmmuseum München 1991." "The intertitles were taken from the negative." "Missing, defective or damaged frames were reviewed and restored." "with the help of the censorship filings." "Comparison and copying was carried out by L' Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna ." "The master negative for this edition was used for the digital version of 2K." "Dr. Mabuse, the gambler." "Based on the novel by Norbert Jacques ... published in the ... "Berliner Illustrierten Zeitung"" "The Gowns of the Female Stars were designed by Vally Reinecke and made in the fashion studios of Flatow-Schädler and Mossner... following designs ... by Vally Reinicke." "Part One :" "The Great Gambler." "Portrait of an era." "Act I" "He and his day ..." ""You have taken cocaine again, Spoerri!" "This is intolerable!" "If I see you like this again, I will drive you out like a dog!" "," ""If you drive me out, I'll put a bullet through my head."" "commercial contract" ""Full hand!"" "Bravo." "Georg!" ""Ten kilos of platinum, Salversan for three million marks, 160,000 bales of cotton going to France via Switzerland, advised for the first of March..."" "Banknotes, Spoerri ... !" ""Again ten minutes late." "One is not late in my employ--"" "Be careful, Pesch !" "Calm down, Sir: you may continue your journey in my car." ""Arrange for Special Editions to burst upon the Stock Exchange at the crucial moment." "Half an hour later, the briefcase with the contract must be "discovered"." "Understand?"" "I can't stand this pace any longer!" "This is modern cannibalism!" "Then why don't you get out there on your own, old boy?" "Yes, yes my dear, except for the elimination of the commission, eh?" "Will you finally get home, you dirty pig!" "They are blind!" "As long as the European currencies maintain their downward trend, you will make exclusively dollar bills!" "Special edition." "Special edition." "AMBUSH ON COURIER" "Important Secret Agreement Stolen!" "The Dutch courier who was to have brought to Geneva the secret trade agreement between Holland and Switzerland, has been found assaulted and dazed in the express train." "The briefcase containing the trade agreement is missing." "The culprit has left no trace." "The portfolio with the secret treaty is gone." "The portfolio with the secret treaty is gone." "It is feared that if the agreement is made public," "Switzerland will back out, which would leave the involved" "Dutch coffee and cocoa firms facing a virtual disaster." "Dutch coffee and cocoa firms facing a virtual disaster." "Dutch coffee and cocoa firms facing a virtual disaster." "Dutch coffee and cocoa firms facing a virtual disaster." "Sternberg is selling?" "!" "Then matters must be bad!" "PLUNGE!" "I am buying -- !" "The briefcase containing the Dutch-Swiss Trade Agreement has been found by a trackman!" "The secret agreement..." "Important contract secrets stolen !" "Dutch mailman carrying ... the trade agreement to Geneva ... between the Netherlands and Switzerland ..." "has been assaulted ..." "Found ... and not on the train." "The portfolio with the treaty secret is gone." "No trace of the writer." "If the treaty is made public, it is feared that Switzerland will retract, whereby the Dutch consortia   coffee and cocoa ... concurring in it ..." "would immediately   before a catastrophe." "The briefcase with the treaty ... trade ..." "Swiss" "Dutch ... !" "One gatekeeper was found!" "..." "The treaty secret!" "..." "The treaty has been delivered   intact in the Swiss Consulate !" "B.T.B. Secret Treaty Delivered Intact to the Swiss   at the consulate." "No motive for the panic." "Details will follow." "Onward !" "Sell!" "Closing the deal!" "..." "End of Act I" "Act II" "He and the night" "Scientific dissertations." "Today" " Series IV" "Teacher of the Conference" " Dr. Mabuse, psychoanalyst." "Psychoanalysis as a factor in modern medicine." "Start of Conference : 8 o'clock." "Guests Welcome." "If I get from doctors and patients   a ratio that excludes ... completely ... interference provoked ... the influence ... third, then I have the firm conviction   that 80% of all nervous diseases .." "may be cured ... in the future ... by ... psychoanalysis." "After this there is thunderous applause," "Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the sensation of ... the Folies Bergère ... :" "Miss Cara Carozza!" "The Hotel Excelsior reserved a box for me." "Box 3, Seat 2" "Edgar Hull, only son of the industrialist Paul Hull, 117 00:27:56,312 -- 00:28:00,817 90 million, member of '17+4' club." "Don't let me interfere, gentlemen." "I'm going home." "My headache is killing me." "My headache is killing me." "Good evening, Mr. Hull !" "Don't you know me--?" "!" "Yes--!" "You do know me, Mr. Hull" "You wanted to go to the club, Mr. Hull--?" "May I join you--?" "May I join you--?" "The Club 17+4 " "Balling ..." "Hotel Excelsior, Room 111," "Room ... 111 is reserved for you." "You will find further orders there." "Hull is losing like crazy ..." "A Mr. Balling is holding the bank." " -- the gentleman is playing with the cards provided by the club itself -- --." "I would advise you, Mr. Hull, to stop playing for today." "Consider my embarassment." "Mr. Hull is a guest of your club ... permit me to hold the bank for a few more rounds!" "a couple of rounds ... more ..." "Gentlemen, it is five o'clock." "I think it's time to stop ..." "All or nothing!" "I lost again ..." "Have to settle 20,000 marks ... and a promissory note ... for 150,000 marks until tomorrow afternoon." "May I ask for your address?" "Hugo Balling Hotel Excelsior 112" "I have played -- and lost -- but to whom?" "To your friend!" "Friend?" "What do you mean, friend?" ".." "It's the first time I have ever seen that man!" "Who has brought him to the club?" "..." "I think you've been drinking too much, Hull." "First you play va banque despite your bad luck, and then you claim to not know the man whom you yourself brought here -- !" "You play all or nothing ... hold the highest cards in your hands" " and throw them away!" "?" "What's going on with me --?" "!" "Hugo Balling Hotel Excelsior 112" "End of Act II" "Act III" "Hugo Balling Hotel Excelsior 112" "Excuse me " " I must have mistaken the door." "I'm looking for room 112 " "Then Mr. Balling must have given me the wrong number room ..." "My name is Balling " " Hugo Balling" "Did you write this?" "So also I was on duty ... 150,000 marks ... in the game?" "The adjoining room." "When you can't find the man you want  -you settle for a woman!" "Thursday, November 9" "Monday, November 27" "States Attorney von Wenk" "I'll come straight to the point, Mr. Hull:" "I have come to tell you that as of today, you are under the direct protection of the police!" "For about six weeks, the authorities have been receiving complaints about some rapacious gamblers." "In no case could any card-sharping be proved.." "But their luck in the game is so extraordinary that something fishy must be going on." "It is always somebody different -- one time a young gentleman, 186 00:49:15,958 -- 00:49:18,636 at another a respectable petit bourgeois, today a blond American, tomorrow a black-haired Russian" "Perhaps he is one of them." "This incident with that mysterious Mr. Balling, which Karsten told me about, prompted me to request your assistance." "Do not know why "Mr. Balling" ... has given up ... so soon his 150,000 marks." "Perhaps a precautionary measure ... maybe just ... a whim." "Am I really nothing more to you than an instrument?" "You should have been with Hull for ten minutes!" "He will present the promissory note ... when you least expect it ... then, you shall put me on his track!" "One more thing, Mr. Hull." "Please treat my visit as completely personal and confidential." "State Attorney von Wenk" "She's here now -- !" "State Attorney von Wenk" "What dangerous acquaintances have you been making lately?" "He would like me to introduce him to a few gambling clubs.." "Gardi, do not do anything stupid !" "Don't get us into the soup with that State Attorney of yours!" "Schramm's Grille -- " "Schramm's Palais ..." "Schramm's Private Circle ..." "Emil Schramm, the owner ... 1922 ..." "An honest trade has a gold lining." "I will gladly introduce you, but you will have to forego her name   none of us know it." "In gambling circles, she is called Lady Passives." "as she herself never gambles." "Mr. von Wenk ... ..." "Mr. von Wenk ... ... a most enthusiastic admirer of your beauty ..." "Gentlemen, who will take over the bank?" "How does a woman like you get into such company?" " among pushers, gamblers, and prostitutes?" "I have become bored, Mr. von Wenk!" "To rise to life," "I require strong sensations." "But tell me, why don't you gamble?" "I prefer to observe the passions of others triggered by gambling reflected in the mirror ..." "of others, without getting too close to the gamblers themselves." "You will accept it?" "Cost $50,000 at Tiffany's in New York!" "." "Against the bank--!" "Will you accept -- ?" "Four ..." "Do you want character studies?" "Then look at that Russian woman -- when she is losing, she is fabulous!" "I had only three " " I wanted to buy -- but I could not ... he looked at me with his evil eyes ..." "Like a demon!" "Yes -- he had evil eyes -- like a beast of prey " "When gambling, nobody looks like a saint!" "If you are the gentleman I think you are, please help me leave the room unnoticed!" "What does that mean ?" "Is a Mr. Hull here?" "Edgar Hull" "I confirm that I owe Mr. Balling ... 150,000 marks - one hundred and fifty thousand." "Payment due by November 21st at 4 o'clock in the afternoon." "E. Hull" "You are warned." "It is entirely my own affair ... that I did not collect the 150,000 marks. ..." "A game is a game." "A matter between you and myself and not the business of any State Attorney!" "Act IV" "The next morning ..." "Disguised as a gaming-crazy pusher in secret gambling clubs,." "And I have not been recognized!" "Didn't you recognize him?" "Do not see who the young blonde man at Schramm's was?" "Your "Mr. Balling" is your previously old gentleman!" "Every effort has been made to protect you." "But do not take even a single step without informing ..." "Another thing, Mr. Hull :" "Please go at once to Cara Carrozza" "and get me from her a list of the secret gambling clubs, which I then will visit every evening."