Ruth Wilbert

L'esprit démoniaque du docteur Mabuse prend possession d'un brillant psychiatre, le docteur Pohland, qui a mis au point dans un but thérapeutique un extraodinaire machine électronique capable d'hypnotiser les sujets. Possédé, le docteur va alors commencer à terroriser la ville. Seul le major Bill Tern, de Scotland Yard, semble capable de l'arreter. Mais il va devoir auparavant se débarraser de l'inspecteur Joe Wright, qui a l'air encore plus mauvais que le fameux criminel...

Following her parents' wishes, spirited seventeen-year-old Effi Briest marries Baron von Innstetten – a former admirer of her mother – who is twenty years Effi's senior. This marriage of prudence heralds the beginning of a humdrum life, far from home, for Effi. Innstetten devotes himself entirely to his political career, and the sleepy small town of Kessin has very little to offer in terms of variety. But then, one day, Innstetten's old regimental comrade, Major Crampas – a charming womanizer – arrives on the scene.