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Le Mépris [Contempt] **** (1963, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Fritz Lang, Giorgia Moll) – Classic Movie Review 3011

‘Bardot at her bold, bare and brazen best!’ Jean-Luc Godard’s 1963 French New Wave meditation on cinema Le Mépris [Contempt] features France’s number one sex symbol Brigitte Bardot in provocative poses. ‘Bardot at her bold, […]

Oct, 28

Woman in the Moon [Frau im Mond] **** (1929, Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gustav von Wangenheim, Gerda Maurus, Fritz Rasp) – Classic Movie Review 3006

Director Fritz Lang’s last silent movie from 1929 is one of the first and most important sci-fi movies with its story of obsession about a half-mad greedy scientist, Professor Georg Manfeldt (Klaus Pohl), who finds that there […]

Oct, 23

Spione [Spies] **** (1928, Rudolph Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch) – Classic Movie Review 3005

The great Austrian producer-director Fritz Lang’s epic 1928 German silent classic spy thriller yarn is packed full of intrigue, chases, romance, seduction, betrayal, espionage atmosphere and fascinating characters. Rudolph Klein-Rogge stars as crippled banker Haghi, […]

Oct, 23

The 1,000 Eyes of Dr Mabuse [Die 1000 Augen des Dr Mabuse] **** (1960, Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss) – Classic Movie Review 2989

Director Fritz Lang’s final film from 1960 is a spirited revisit to his Dr Mabuse stories of the 1922 and 1933 pre-Hitler era. Gert Fröbe (Goldfinger) is on fine form as Commissioner Kras, the cop […]

Oct, 17

Dr Mabuse, The Gambler [Dr Mabuse, Der Spieler] ***** (1922, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Bernhard Goetzke, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker) – Classic Movie Review 2988

Co-writer/director Fritz Lang’s 1922 German movie is a highly acclaimed and much admired classic of silent cinema. It stars Rudolf Klein-Rogge as the mad master arch-criminal Dr Mabuse, who plans to run Berlin and then rule […]

Oct, 17

The Testament of Dr Mabuse [Das Testament des Dr Mabuse] **** (1933, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl) – Classic Movie Review 2987

In 1933 German meister director Fritz Lang brings back his evil crime baron Dr Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) from his 1922 silent classic Doctor Mabuse the Gambler [Dr Mabuse, King of Crime] and creates a meisterwerk. It […]

Oct, 17

Man Hunt **** (1941, Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine, Roddy McDowall, Ludwig Stossel, Heather Thatcher) – Classic Movie Review 2807

Fritz Lang’s riveting 1941 wartime thriller Man Hunt finds Walter Pidgeon well cast as an English big game hunter who misses his chance to kill Adolf Hitler. Director Fritz Lang’s riveting 1941 American wartime thriller […]

Aug, 12

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