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Tiger's Claw (1951)
Directed by Harry Piel
Drama · 2h 02m
Jonny Wilken is an ageing lion trainer in a circus. He is in love with his younger colleague Jutta Sarris. On her wedding day, Jutta's favorite Bengal tiger attacks her out of jealousy and kills her. Jonny, full of pain and out of revenge, enters the cage to kill the animal with his bare hands. However, the tiger bows to him without any resistance.
Cast
Harry Piel
Jonny Wilken
Friedl Hardt
Jutta Sarris
Hilde Hildebrand
Madame Regina
Nicolas Koline
Nicky, clown
F
Fritz Lafontaine
Gaston Costil
Leopold von Ledebur
Williams, circus manager
H
Helga Wiedenbrug
Maria Roland, reporter
A
Albert Gallin-Krauss
Emil, tiger's groom
C
Conny Heim
G
Georg Hilbert
Willy Millowitsch
F
Franz Schneider
Crew
- Director
- Harry Piel
- Writer
- Harry Piel
- Novel
- Wilhelm Quindt
- Director of Photography
- Bruno Timm, Klaus von Rautenfield
- Original Music Composer
- Fritz Wenneis
- Editor
- Hilde Grebner
Details
- Original title
- Der Tiger Akbar
- Release date
- 1951-01-11
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany