The Man with the Paw (German: Der Mann mit der Pranke) is a 1935 German crime drama film directed by Rudolf van der Noss and starring Paul Wegener, Rose Stradner and Johannes Riemann.Klaus p.138Giesen p.230 It was shot at the Grunewald Studios of Tobis Film in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Günther and Heinrich Richter.https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-mann-mit-der-pranke_e96701a2b98147bea0f86b49955af200 It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin.
Synopsis The wealthy bank president Wiegant (nicknamed the "man with the paw") is in love with Lena the wife of the bank's lawyer Hugo Kröning. He is accused of making a fraudulent phone conversation with a countess, in which he conned her out of a large sum of money. However, he couldn't possibly have made the call as he was at that time in a liaison with Lena, but has to keep his mouth shut in order to protect her. With the assistance of his secretary Eve and Lena, he sets out to find the real culprits.
Cast Paul Wegener as Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank Rose Stradner as Lena Kröning Johannes Riemann as Dr. Hugo Kröning Kurt Vespermann as Richard Möllenhof Grethe Weiser as Susi Möllenhof Hilde Weissner as Eve Gernsheim Ernst Legal as Kraatz, Chauffeur Erich Fiedler as Lattenberg, Prokurist Emmy Wyda as Gräfin Steindorff Otto Stoeckel as Bartosch, Betrüger Ernst Rotmund as Wilczinski, Betrüger Walter Steinbeck as Kommissar Sponholz F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Haller, Untersuchungsrichter Erwin Hartung as Sänger Armin Schweizer as Beamter im Leihaus Walter Steinweg as Hotelangestellter
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Bibliography Buruma, Ian. Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939–1945. Atlantic Books, 2026. Giesen, Rolf. The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy. McFarland, 2025. Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1935. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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