The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

This is a West German production (Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse) directed by Fritz Lang. Under the 1909 Copyright Act, foreign works required a US copyright notice and registration to secure protection. No evidence of a US copyright registration or renewal was found in the Stanford Renewal Database or the CCE for the 1960 release. However, as a foreign work, its US copyright status is governed by the URAA (17 U.S.C. § 104A). The film was first published in West Germany in 1960 and was still under copyright in its source country (Germany) on the URAA date (January 1, 1996), as German copyright lasts for 70 years after the death of the author (Lang died in 1976). Consequently, its US copyright was automatically restored if it had previously lapsed into the public domain due to non-compliance with US formalities. The film is currently actively licensed and distributed in the US by Kino Lorber, which recently released a high-definition restoration, confirming a clear chain of title and active commercial exploitation. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.