by march 30, the ministry of propaganda banned "the testament of dr. mabuse" as a menace to public health and safety. goebbels stated that he would not accept the film as it "showed that an extremely dedicated group of people are perfectly capable of overthrowing any state with violence". during the 1940s, lang stated that a meeting occurred between goebbels and himself, in which, in particular, goebbel's expressed his admiration for lang's 1927 film "metropolis". goebbels expressed the desire for lang to work for him to create films for the nazis. this offer caused lang to leave germany to france that very night. goebbels' diary makes no mention of such a meeting and lang's passport also shows that he did not leave until june and made repeated trips between france and germany throughout 1933.