after the film's initial release, producer seymour nebenzal used scenes from the car chase in "the testament of dr. mabuse" for his own production of "le roi des champs-élysées" (1934) featuring buster keaton. producer artur brauner cited the dr. mabuse films as the reason he went into the film industry, noting that he left his parents out in the middle of the night and returned after seeing what he described as "the most exciting film i've ever seen". brauner later bought the rights to the dr. mabuse films and hired fritz lang to film a sequel titled "the thousand eyes of dr. mabuse". the film was released in 1960 and was lang's final film as a director. in 1962, a remake of "the testament of dr.mabuse" was released by director werner klingler.