The Man with the Paw

The Man with the Paw
Directed byRudolf van der Noss
Written byPhilipp Lothar Mayring
Thea von Harbou
Based onThe Man with the Paw by Fritz Zeckendorf
Produced byHeinz Joachim Ewert
StarringPaul Wegener
Rose Stradner
Johannes Riemann
CinematographyEduard Hoesch
Edited byCarl Otto Bartning
Music byWolfgang Zeller
Production
company
Deka Film
Distributed byNeue Deutsch Lichtspiel-Syndikat Verleih
Release date
  • 30 October 1935 (1935-10-30)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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.[1] [2] 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.[3] 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.

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References

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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