Dr. M | |
Director: | Claude Chabrol |
Producer: | Hans Brockmann François Duplat Christoph Holch |
Screenplay: | Claude Chabrol Sollace Mitchell |
Story: | Thomas Bauermeister |
Starring: | Alan Bates Jennifer Beals Jan Niklas |
Music: | Mekong Delta Paul Hindemith |
Cinematography: | Jean Rabier |
Editing: | Monique Fardoulis |
Studio: | N.E.F. Filmproduktion und Vertriebs Ellepi Films Italian International Film Cléa Productions Solyfic ZDF Telefilm Saar GmbH La Sept |
Runtime: | 111 minutes |
Country: | West Germany France Italy |
Language: | English |
Dr. M. is a 1990 crime film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol. The film is loosely based on the plot of Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, which was in turn based on Mabuse der Spieler by Norbert Jacques.[1]
In 1999, there is an outbreak of suicides in Berlin. While some of the suicides involve a person just killing themselves, other cause several casualties. With this "epidemic" causing hundreds of deaths, panic starts to creep in both sides of the Berlin Wall. In West Berlin, Lt. Claus Hartman, whose wife killed herself years before the outbreak after finding out she was pregnant, suspects that the suicides are really caused by a lone madman, Dr. Marsfeldt, who is using a form of mass hypnosis. His investigations lead him to a woman whose image is being used to manipulate the populace.
Actor | Role | |
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Dr. Marsfeldt / Guru | ||
Sonja Vogler | ||
Lt. Claus Hartman | ||
The Assassin | ||
Moser | ||
Stieglitz | ||
Engler | ||
Kathi | ||
Penck | ||
Reimar von Geldern | ||
Kessler | ||
Rolf | ||
Mrs. Sehr | ||
Anna |
Steve Simels of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C−:
Jackson Adler of TV Guide gave the film 3 out of 4 stars:
The film was released in the United States as Club Extinction on VHS.[2]