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Panic in Chicago is a film of genre Drama directed by Robert Wiene with Olga Tschechowa
Panic in Chicago (1931)
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Add to a movie listPanic in Chicago (German: Panik 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. It premiered at the Palast-am-Zoo in Berlin on 23 June 1931.
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In 1930s mob-dominated Chicago, a leading gangster poses as a respectable member of society.Actors
Olga Tschechowa
(Florence Dingley)
Hans Rehmann
(Taglioni)
Hilde Hildebrand
(Susy Owen)
Ferdinand Hart
(Percy Boot)
Gerhard Bienert
(Tom)
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