"Die unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr. Mabuse" or "The Invisible Dr. Mabuse" is another German black-and-white movie from the 1960s about the notorious criminal mastermind created by Fritz Lang several decades ago. Sadly, I must say these "new" films were all fairly disappointing in terms of the story and even if the actors are sometimes good, it is not sufficient to elevate the mediocre material. They are not scary, they are not edge-of-the-seat material, they are just there. What hurts this movie from almost 55 years ago even more for me personally is that Gert Fröbe is not in it. Instead Lex Barker, as an American agent, takes over, shortly before he left the franchise again to become a star next to Pierre Brice in the Winnetou franchise. Fittingly, this is also what Harald Reinl, the director, is most known for today and I guess he worked well and in harmony with Barker here, so he picked him again for future projects. As for this Mabuse sequel here it does not really offer anything refreshing or new and I don't recommend the watch. Difficult to understand for me why even more films were made afterward. Thumbs down.
Review of The Invisible Dr. Mabuse
