Introduced in Norbert Jacques’ 1921 novel Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler), adapted as a silent film of the same name in 1922 by Fritz Lang,
It was in 1922 and 1933 that director Fritz Lang released the first two parts of what would eventually become a trilogy, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (Dr. Mabuse