Dr. Mabuse

Herr von Wenk

Mabuse and von Wenk are locked in a high-stakes battle of wits, with Mabuse as the criminal mastermind and von Wenk as the determined detective pursuing him.

Countess Told

Countess Told is a victim of Mabuse's hypnotic manipulation, drawn into his web of control and obsession.

Spoerri

Spoerri is one of Mabuse's criminal underlings, carrying out his orders in illicit schemes.

Count Told

Count Told is a victim of Mabuse's hypnotic control, manipulated into financial ruin and personal distress.

Privy Councillor Wendel

Mabuse manipulates Privy Councillor Wendel, using his position to further his criminal schemes.

Dr. Dringer

Dr. Dringer is a colleague or associate of Mabuse, possibly involved in his medical or criminal activities.

Spoerri

Spoerri is one of Mabuse's criminal underlings, carrying out his orders in illicit schemes.

Herr von Wenk

Mabuse and von Wenk are locked in a high-stakes battle of wits, with Mabuse as the criminal mastermind and von Wenk as the determined detective pursuing him.

Countess Told

Countess Told is a victim of Mabuse's hypnotic manipulation, drawn into his web of control and obsession.

Herr von Wenk

Mabuse and von Wenk are locked in a high-stakes battle of wits, with Mabuse as the criminal mastermind and von Wenk as the determined detective pursuing him.

Dr. Dringer

Dr. Dringer is a colleague or associate of Mabuse, possibly involved in his medical or criminal activities.

Countess Told

Countess Told is a victim of Mabuse's hypnotic manipulation, drawn into his web of control and obsession.

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Introduced as a master of disguise and psychological manipulation, using hypnotism to control others and win at gambling.

III

Implied as the sandy-bearded gambler who wins heavily and exerts a mysterious influence over Basch and others.

V

Travels by car toward the Austrian frontier, meets Spoerri and Pesch, drinks heavily, and drunkenly orders Hull's murder while dreaming of his empire Citopomar.

IX

In Munich, receives a mistaken report from Constance; angrily orders Spoerri to kill Wenk within a month; insists Cara Carozza stay alive in prison.

Chapter X

Dines at Wendel's, becomes infatuated with Countess Told, and later drinks alone, consumed by desire.

Chapter XI

Engages Count Told in a psychological discourse on gambling, attempts to hypnotize the medium, and later kidnaps the Countess.

XIII

Reveals himself as the captor, using hypnotic persuasion and grand promises to manipulate the Countess, asserting his absolute desire and control.

XIV

Visits Count Told, imposes isolation, manipulates the Countess, receives reports from Spoerri, escapes disguised as a woman, and resolves to eliminate Wenk.

XV

Mabuse evades Wenk after his lecture, using Privy Councillor Wendel as cover and signaling his accomplices.

XVI

The target of Wenk's investigation; his villa is under surveillance and he is linked to a gaming-den robbery.

XVII

Escapes the raid by hiding in a secret chamber and disguising himself in a police uniform; flees in a car.

XVIII

Executes a complex escape plan with the Countess, using a disguised car and a decoy to evade capture.

XIX

Flees with the Countess, uses doubles to mislead Wenk, decides to capture Wenk alive, and flies to Berlin obsessed with revenge.

XX

Disguised as Weltmann, the hypnotist; controls the performance and forces Wenk to flee.

XXI

Mabuse orchestrates Wenk's capture and attempts to kill him, but is struck by the Countess and falls to his death.