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1931 film

The Paw

Directed by	Hans Steinhoff
Written by	Rudolph Cartier Egon Eis Otto Eis
Produced by	Carl Heinz Jarosy
Starring	Charlotte Susa Hans Rehmann Fritz Rasp
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori
Edited by	Tonka Taldy
Music by	Felice Montagnini
Production companies	Orplid-Film Società Italiana Cines
Distributed by	Messtro-Film
Release date	10 November 1931 (1931-11-10)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Paw (German: Die Pranke) is a 1931 German thriller film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Charlotte Susa, Hans Rehmann, and Fritz Rasp. It was made as a co-production with the Italian Cines Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Daniele Crespi. A separate Italian version The Man with the Claw was also made.

Synopsis

A notorious criminal and serial killer commits a series of murders using a strangely-shaped hand, leading the police to nickname him "The Paw". When he murders the engineer of a brand new racing car, one of the drivers takes the investigation into his own hands.

Cast

Charlotte Susa as Renate
Hans Rehmann as Peter Krüger, Rennfahrer
Fritz Rasp as Dr. Ing. Rappis
Eugen Klöpfer as Ingenieur Lorenzi
Berthe Ostyn as Frau Gina Rappis
Oskar Sima as Polizeikommissar Bernard
Peter Voß as Propagandachef Gastal
John Mylong as Rennfahrer Lopez
Erich Kestin as Monteur Köppe
Carl Goetz as General-Direktor Alberti
Flockina von Platen as Telephonistin
Vicky Werckmeister as Stenotypistin

References

Bock & Bergfelder p. 384

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

The Paw at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Hans Steinhoff
Clothes Make the Man (1921) Biribi (1922) The False Dimitri (1922) Inge Larsen (1923) Man Against Man (1924) Countess Maritza (1925) The Man Who Sold Himself (1925) The Master of Death (1926) Vienna – Berlin (1926) Sons in Law (1926) Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein (1927) The Tragedy of a Lost Soul (1927) The Bordello in Rio (1927) The Countess of Sand (1928) Angst (1928) The Three Kings (1929) The Alley Cat (1929) Everybody Wins (1930) Love's Carnival (1930) My Leopold (1931) The True Jacob (1931) Headfirst into Happiness (1931) The Paw (1931) Scampolo (1932) Madame Wants No Children (1933) Love Must Be Understood (1933) Hitler Youth Quex (1933) Decoy (1934) Enjoy Yourselves (1934) The Island (1934) Mother and Child (1934) The Valley of Love (1935) The Old and the Young King (1935) A Woman of No Importance (1936) Yesterday and Today (1938, short) Dance on the Volcano (1938) Robert Koch (1939) The Vulture Wally (1940) Uncle Krüger (1941) Rembrandt (1942) Gabriele Dambrone (1943) Melusine (1944)

Films directed by Hans Steinhoff

Clothes Make the Man (1921)
Biribi (1922)
The False Dimitri (1922)
Inge Larsen (1923)
Man Against Man (1924)
Countess Maritza (1925)
The Man Who Sold Himself (1925)
The Master of Death (1926)
Vienna – Berlin (1926)
Sons in Law (1926)
Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein (1927)
The Tragedy of a Lost Soul (1927)
The Bordello in Rio (1927)
The Countess of Sand (1928)
Angst (1928)
The Three Kings (1929)
The Alley Cat (1929)
Everybody Wins (1930)
Love's Carnival (1930)
My Leopold (1931)
The True Jacob (1931)
Headfirst into Happiness (1931)
The Paw (1931)
Scampolo (1932)
Madame Wants No Children (1933)
Love Must Be Understood (1933)
Hitler Youth Quex (1933)
Decoy (1934)
Enjoy Yourselves (1934)
The Island (1934)
Mother and Child (1934)
The Valley of Love (1935)
The Old and the Young King (1935)
A Woman of No Importance (1936)
Yesterday and Today (1938, short)
Dance on the Volcano (1938)
Robert Koch (1939)
The Vulture Wally (1940)
Uncle Krüger (1941)
Rembrandt (1942)
Gabriele Dambrone (1943)
Melusine (1944)

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