Panic in Chicago

Panic in Chicago is a 1931 German crime film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Olga Tschechowa, Hans Rehmann and Ferdinand Hart. It was based on the novel Panic in Chicago by the German writer Robert Heymann. The film was shot at the Staaken Studios with sets designed by the art director Erwin Scharf. It premiered at the Palast-am-Zoo in Berlin on 23 June 1931. Synopsis In 1930s mob-dominated Chicago, a leading gangster poses as a respectable member of society. Cast Olga Tschechowa as Florence Dingley Hans Rehmann as Taglioni Ferdinand Hart as Percy Boot Hilde Hildebrand as Susy Owen Lola Chlud as Fay Davis Ernst Dumcke as Kommissar Renard William Trenk as Kriminalbeamter Charles Gerhard Bienert as Tom Friedrich Ettel as King Franz Weber as John Ernst Wurmser as Robert Arthur Bergen as Spieler References