Look into my eyes: psychiatry in the movies. BJP, 194, . Sentences six to nine should read: The crossover with psychiatry was established early: Dr Mabuse the Gambler (1922, plus six remakes) is credited as cinema's first psychoanalyst and Testament of Dr Mabuse (1932) was spiked with quotes from Mein Kampf. Cabinet of Dr Caligari (Germany, 1919, pictured) was at once horror show and Nazi metaphor: the Nazis' detestation of both this film (banned as ‘degenerate Art’) and psychiatry are documented elsewhere. Hypnotists steal and defraud (The Magician 1926), but ‘taking advantage of the ladies’ was a central activity, beginning with Under the Hypnotist's Influence (1897). In the decade ending 1939, 75% of screen hypnotists were evil or mad; mostly both.