A Fritz Lang Boxset

A must-have for any self-respecting film snob, A Fritz Lang Boxset has all the big classics: M, Metropolis, the two original Mabuses and Spione. In M, Peter Lorre's victimised child murderer highlights the hypocrisies of a society reliant on corruption - obviously it's still as relevant as ever. Metropolis needs no introduction, inspiring everything from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four to Austin Powers' Fembots. The German Fu Manchu, Dr. Mabuse was a criminal mastermind who used manipulation and mind control to dastardly effect, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse involving such great set pieces as the heroic couple trapped in a room slowly filling with water, and the villain's eery disappearing act. Spione (Spies) had Dr. Mabuse himself, Rudolph Klein-Rogge, play a Bond baddie years before the notion even existed, setting the tone for every espionage thriller to follow. As banker and carnival act, Haghi, Klein-Rogge is pitted against No.326, who is set to break Haghi's evil spy ring. An excellent and entertaining group of cinema masterpieces. [Alec McLeod]]