Tiger's Claw (1951)
Der Tiger Akbar
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.
- Date of release
- 1951-01-11
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Harry Piel
Casting
- Harry Piel — Jonny Wilken
- Friedl Hardt — Jutta Sarris
- Hilde Hildebrand — Madame Regina
- Nicolas Koline — Nicky, clown
- Fritz Lafontaine — Gaston Costil
- Leopold von Ledebur — Williams, circus manager
- Helga Wiedenbrug — Maria Roland, reporter
- Albert Gallin-Krauss — Emil, tiger's groom
- Conny Heim
- Georg Hilbert
- Willy Millowitsch
- Franz Schneider
Interesting facts
The Tiger Akbar is a 1951 West German thriller film directed by Harry Piel and starring Piel, Friedl Hardt, Hilde Hildebrand and Nicolas Koline. It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios in Hesse and on location at the Willamsbau circus in Cologne. The film's sets were designed by the art directors [arl Vollbrecht and Alfred Bütow. It is in the tradition of Circus films.
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