Fritz Lang made  Dr. Mabuse the Gambler and The Testament of Dr Mabuse decades before CCC Film hired him to make a third movie. The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse was so successful that CCC released an entire series focused on the master criminal between 1960 and 1964.

All six films of those movies are in Eureka’s new box set:

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse: The eponymous master of disguise, Dr. Mabuse (Wolfgang Preiss) re-emerges in the Cold War era after a lengthy absence – and uses all manner of methods to insight murder and mayhem.

The Return of Dr. Mabuse: Brainwashed prison inmates to commit a litany of crimes. Dr. Mabuse evades the German authorities and the FBI.

The Invisible Dr. Mabuse: Dr. Mabuse seeks to use an amazing new invention – a device that renders the user invisible – to his own ends.

The Testament of Dr Mabuse: A remake of Lang’s earlier film, this episode finds the German police tying themselves in knots as they figure out how their adversary could continue his reign of terror from inside an asylum.

Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse: Dr. Mabuse’s tentacles begin to creep across the English Channel.

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse: The criminal mastermind comes to possess a weapon capable of unleashing untold destruction.

Directed by Fritz Lang, Harald Reinl, Werner Klingler, Paul May and Hugo Fregonese, the CCC Mabuse series continues Fritz Lang’s legacy while playing into a popular market taste in Germany for adaptations of literary krimis. This Masters of Cinema set collects all six of the 1960s Mabuse films in high definition from 2K restorations.

This Limited Collector’s Edition Box Set of 2000 copies comes in a limited edition hard case featuring new artwork by Tony Stella. It has a limited edition 60-page collector’s book featuring new notes on each film by journalist Holger Haase, a new essay by German film scholar Tim Bergfelder, an archival essay by David Cairns, archival writing by Fritz Lang and notes by Lotte Eisner on Lang’s final unreleased projects.

There are 1080p HD presentations of all six films from 2K restorations of the original film elements undertaken by CCC Original, audio commentaries by David Kalat, an interview with producer and managing director of CCC Film Alice Brauner, introductions to each film by genre film expert and Video Watchdog founder Tim Lucas, a video essay by David Cairns and Fiona Watson, an archival interview with Wolfgang Preiss, the Italian cut of The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse and an alternate ending for The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse.

I loved this entire set. To read about each movie in it, just click on the title of the film. This is recommended to lovers of krimi, spy films and the history of cinema. What a package by Eureka! You can get it from MVD.