---
title: 'The Return of Doctor Mabuse (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harald Reinl'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-return-of-doctor-mabuse-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055008/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Return of Doctor Mabuse (1961)

1961 · 89 min · Science Fiction, Crime · Germany, France, Italy

Original title: Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse

## Synopsis

The Return of Doctor Mabuse is a 1961 black-and-white crime film/thriller made in West Berlin. It was a West German/French/Italian international co-production directed by Harald Reinl that was the second of the 1960s CCC Films Dr. Mabuse film series, being the sequel to Fritz Lang's The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960). It starred Gert Fröbe, Daliah Lavi and in his first German film, Lex Barker. The film was co-written by Ladislas Fodor and, in his first screenplay, Marc Behm. They created a science fictional plot that would be followed in the other films in the series.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harald Reinl](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-reinl)
- **Screenplay:** [Norbert Jacques](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-jacques), [Ladislas Fodor](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislas-fodor)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peter Sandloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-sandloff)
- **Producer:** [Artur Brauner](https://cinepixo.com/people/artur-brauner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Löb](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-lob)
- **Editor:** [Hermann Haller](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-haller)

## Cast

- [Daliah Lavi](https://cinepixo.com/people/daliah-lavi)
- [Wolfgang Preiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-preiss)
- [Lou Seitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-seitz)
- [Herbert Weißbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-wei-bach)
- [Lex Barker](https://cinepixo.com/people/lex-barker)
- [Alexander Engel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-engel)
- [Albert Bessler](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-bessler)
- [Rudolf Forster](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-forster)
- [Werner Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-peters)
- [Fausto Tozzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fausto-tozzi)
- [Jean-Roger Caussimon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-roger-caussimon)
- [Ady Berber](https://cinepixo.com/people/ady-berber)
- [Rudolf Fernau](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-fernau)
- [Gert Fröbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gert-frobe)
- [Laura Solari](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-solari)

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