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| Directed by | Jesús Franco |
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| Story by | Jesús Franco |
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| Cinematography | Manuel Merino |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
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La venganza del Doctor Mabuse (transl. The Vengeance of Doctor Mabuse) is a 1972 film directed by Jesús Franco. The film is about the character Dr. Mabuse, a who is plotting a comeback from his secret base in the United States. Mabuse has learned how to control the minds of others through a form of radiation emitted by samples of moon rocks.
The film is a Spanish and German co-production between Cooperativa Fénix Films and Copercines which were both based in Madrid and Tele-Cine Film-und Fernsehproduktion. It was based on the character Dr. Mabuse created by Norbert Jacques and adapted into film in the 1920s by Fritz Lang. The Dr. Mabuse films returned in the 1960s from producer Artur Brauner who made six films. This was the first film Dr. Mabuse produced since 1964. It would be the last film Brauner and actor Ewa Strömberg would make with Franco. It was released in very different forms theatrically in Spain and West Germany.
The film received a bad review in ABC Andalucia in Spain on its release.