Post by captainofbeef on Apr 24, 2006 16:58:10 GMT -5
- New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound, presented here in its original aspect ratio of 1.19:1 for the first time
- Audio commentary by David Kalat, author of The Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse
- Complete French-language version of the film, Le Testament du Dr. Mabuse, filmed simultaneously by Lang with French actors
- Excerpts from For Example Fritz Lang (Zum Beispiel: Fritz Lang), 1964 interview with Lang, directed by famed German documentarian Erwin Leiser (Mein Kampf)
- Mabuse in Mind (Mabuse Im Gedächtnis), 1984 film by Thomas Honickel featuring an interview with actor Rudolf Schündler (Hardy in The Testament of Dr. Mabuse)
- Comparison between the 1933 German version, the French version, and The Crimes of Dr. Mabuse, the edited and dubbed American version of the film
- Interview with German Mabuse expert Michael Farin about the literary inventor of the series, Norbert Jacques
- Rare production design drawings by art director Emil Hasler (M, The Blue Angel)
- Collection of memorabilia, press books, stills, and posters
- Liner notes by Tom Gunning, author of The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
