Live HistoricSee what matters.

Film · UFA · 1922

Pass it on

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

19Leave it.

Lang's thrill is a hypnotist who won't be governed, and he is not a man to copy.

Take controlThis scores 19. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

Halfway through I looked at the clock, and the second part was still waiting. A criminal hypnotist runs a city from gambling rooms and disguises. He wants the whole board. Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Lang, 1922, very long, not an American gross. A teen can watch. I was fading, and there's no point pretending I wasn't. This is a commitment.

The thrill is the man who will not be governed. It is not a model. I don't want a kid impressed by the board he takes. Disguises, tables, a city run from those rooms: the pleasure is control with no brake. Do both parts or don't start. Say the ungoverned man is the bait. Wanting everything does not stop being a crime.

Journal

Keep Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 19. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Masterplan

30 instead of 19

Masterplan is still a crime film, and it scores 30 instead of 19. What you gain is industry: Scheming is a counterfeit of work.

The eight

2
Industry
He works the gambling rooms as a criminal, which is not a job the city needs.
2
Household
Gambling rooms and disguises fill the film, not a spouse, parent, or child.
1
Piety
No conscience brakes him; the thrill is a man who will not be governed.
2
Courage
Taking the whole board is domination, not a loss he accepts for someone else.
2
Republic
He runs the city from the rooms, and law is what he refuses to answer to.
2
Temperance
Each disguise and each table trains the want for the whole board.
3
Truth
He lies by disguise and hypnosis, and the thrill is getting away with it.
1
Stewardship
A man who wants the whole board leaves that city nothing of its own.

Where to watch

Finding the page.

Live Historic · Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler · 19IMDb

Live HistoricSee what matters.

Film · Prime Video · 2026

Pass it on

Obsession

19Leave it.

You do not need a new film to learn that obsession eats a house.

Take controlThis scores 19. If you do not want Obsession in the house, the steps are on Prime Video. Block it

The review

A dark poster and a word. The word is already a diagnosis: a mind that will not return to its work, its people, or the day. Films with this title usually follow the spiral and call the following honesty. Honesty would include the moment a friend tells them to stop, and would not need the spiral's every step.

The desk has not invented the object of this one. It does not have to. If the thing in the room is already a fixation, do not feed it a thriller about itself.