Second part of the new Doctor Mabuse series
As a competitor to the successful Edgar Wallace film adaptations, producer Artur BRAUNER brought old Mabuse out of obscurity with his CCC. The American Tarzan actor Lex BARKER, whom BRAUNER met in Rome at the premiere of THE SWEET LIFE, joined the cast of the German shocker.
In a city with the license plate P (filmed in Berlin), bizarre murders occur again, including a female FBI spy (Laura SOLARI). This brings Joe Como (BARKER) from America onto the scene. But Inspector Lohmann (Gert FRÖBE), who actually wanted to go fishing, is also investigating. The attractive Maria Sabrehm (Daliah LAVI / GOLDEN GLOBE nomination for TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER CITY) is also bustling around the crime scene as a frenzied reporter. The investigation soon focuses on a church whose pastor (Rudolf FERNAU) writes obscure books about the devil, and a prison whose warden (Fausto TOZZI) is soon murdered. Doctor Mabuse is back at it again...
Director Harald REINL (OSCAR nomination for MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE) brings new impetus to the series. This is also ensured by the lively Lex BARKER, who was already able to warm up for the role of Old Shatterhand. Other standard actors from the German horror thriller appear: Werner PETERS, Ady BERBER, Wolfgang PREISS. Daliah LAVI from Israel, who later became very successful as a pop star, also cuts a good figure. Incidentally, Hans-Jürgen KIEBACH (OSCAR for CABARET) was responsible for the production design. 2.483 million visitors wanted to see the film in West German cinemas. Sequel follows! The series could continue!
