the german version of "the testament of dr. mabuse" premiered on april 21, 1933, in budapest, hungary with a playing time of 124 minutes. the french-language version was distributed through europe. the french with english subtitles was released in the united states in 1943 with the title "the last will of dr. mabuse". in 1951, the german version was released in a 75-minute version with the title "the crimes of dr.mabuse" which featured an english dub. the english subtitles for the 1943 release and the 1952 dub added allusions to adolf hitler that were not part of the original script. "the testament of dr. mabuse" was first shown publicly in germany on august 24, 1961 with a 111-minute running time. in 1973, the unedited german version of the film was released in the united states with the title "the testament of dr. mabuse" with english subtitles.