Long movies aren’t for everyone, but when they’re good, they can truly suck viewers in.

Mabuse, the Gambleris a good watch for fans of silent cinema.

It was directed byFritz Lang, who’s perhaps best known for 1927’sMetropolisand 1931’sM.

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It screened at Cannes the same month it originally aired on TV over three different nights:May 2010.

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Alain Delon wears a military uniform in Rocco and His Brothers - 1960

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Frank Vincent and Joe Pesci in Casino

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Margot Robbie as Naomi Lapaglia in The Wolf of Wall Street

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Jesse Plemmons, Ray Romano, Robert De Niro, and Al Pacino watching the TV in a store in The Irishman

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Robert De Niro and James Woods in Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America

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a teen boy and teen girl sitting under a tree in ‘A Brighter Summer Day’

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Dr Mabuse, The Gambler (1922)

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Carlos - 2010

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