Dr. M (film)

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.

Plot

In the near future, there is an outbreak of dramatic suicides in Berlin. A police detective 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 beautiful, enigmatic woman whose image is being used to manipulate the populace.

Cast

Critical reception

Steve Simels of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C−:

Jackson Adler of TV Guide gave the film 3 out of 4 stars:

Release

Home media

The film was released in the United States as Club Extinction on VHS.

See also

Dr. Mabuse the Gambler

References

External links

1990 films

1990s psychological thriller films

1990s science fiction thriller films

Dr. Mabuse films

Dystopian films

Remakes of German films

Films about viral outbreaks

Films based on works by Thea von Harbou

Films directed by Claude Chabrol

Films set in 1999

Films set in Berlin

Films shot in Germany

French science fiction thriller films

French psychological thriller films

Italian science fiction thriller films

Italian psychological thriller films

West German films

German science fiction thriller films

German psychological thriller films

Police detective films

Italian post-apocalyptic films

Films set in the future

English-language French films

English-language German films

English-language Italian films

French post-apocalyptic films

German post-apocalyptic films

1990s English-language films

1990s French films

1990s German films

English-language science fiction thriller films