Mabuse in Mind
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
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15m
Veteran German screen actor Rudolf Schündler was seventy-eight and practically blind when documentary filmmaker Thomas Honickel shot MABUSE IN MIND (MABUSE IM GEDÄCHTNIS) in 1984. Since playing gang member Hardy in Fritz Lang’s THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE in 1933, Schündler appeared in more than 150 films.
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