{{Short description|1931 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Panic in Chicago | image = Panic in Chicago.jpg | caption = French release poster | director = [[Robert Wiene]] | producer = [[Leo Meyer (producer)|Leo Meyer]] |based_on = ''Panic in Chicago'' by [[Robert Heymann]] | writer = {{ubl|Friedrich Raff|[[Julius Urgiß]]}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Olga Chekhova]]|[[Hans Rehmann]]|[[Ferdinand Hart]]|[[Hilde Hildebrand]]}} | music = [[Michael Krasznay-Krausz|Michael Krausz]] | editing = [[Paul May]] | cinematography = [[Willy Goldberger]] | studio = Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat | distributor = Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat | released = {{film date|1931|6|23|df=y}} | runtime = 77 minutes | country = Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''Panic in Chicago''''' ({{langx|de|'''Panik in Chicago'''}}) is a 1931 German [[crime film]] directed by [[Robert Wiene]] and starring [[Olga Chekhova]], [[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 (art director)|Erwin Scharf]]. It premiered at the [[Ufa-Palast am Zoo|Palast-am-Zoo]] in [[Berlin]] on 23 June 1931.<ref>Jung & Schatzberg p. 222</ref>
==Synopsis== In 1930s [[Organized crime in Chicago|mob]]-dominated [[Chicago]], a leading [[gangster]] poses as a respectable member of society.
==Cast== * [[Olga Chekhova]] 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 (actor)|Franz Weber]] as John * Ernst Wurmser as Robert * [[Arthur Bergen]] as Spieler
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== * {{cite book | last1 = Jung | first1 = Uli | last2 = Schatzberg | first2 = Walter | title = Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 1999 | isbn = 978-1-57181-156-1 }}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0022248}}
{{Robert Wiene}}
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