---
title: 'Panic in Chicago (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Wiene'
released: '1931-06-23'
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/panic-in-chicago-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022248/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Panic in Chicago (1931)

1931 · Crime · Germany

Original title: Panik in Chicago

## Synopsis

Panic 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. It premiered at the Palast-am-Zoo in Berlin on 23 June 1931.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Wiene](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wiene)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Krasznay-Krausz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-krasznay-krausz)
- **Producer:** [Leo Meyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-meyer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Willy Goldberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-goldberger)
- **Editor:** [Paul May](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-may)

## Cast

- [Hilde Hildebrand](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-hildebrand)
- [Ernst Dumcke](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-dumcke)
- [Arthur Bergen](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-bergen)
- [Willy Trenk-Trebitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-trenk-trebitsch)
- [Hans Rehmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-rehmann)
- [Olga Chekhova](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-chekhova)
- [Ferdinand Hart](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-hart)
- [Franz Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-weber)
- [Friedrich Ettel](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-ettel)
- [Gerhard Bienert](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-bienert)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/panic-in-chicago-1931
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