The Tiger Akbar
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| Directed by | Harry Piel |
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| Produced by | Harry Piel |
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| Edited by | Hilde Grebner |
| Music by | Fritz Wenneis |
Production company | Ariel Film |
| Distributed by | Deutsche Cosmopol Film |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Tiger Akbar (German: Der Tiger Akbar) is a 1951 West German thriller film directed by Harry Piel and starring Piel, Friedl Hardt, Hilde Hildebrand and Nicolas Koline.[1] 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 Karl Vollbrecht and Alfred Bütow.[2] It is in the tradition of Circus films.
Cast
- Harry Piel as Jonny Wilken, Dompteur
- Friedl Hardt as Jutta Sarris, die 'Tigerbraut'
- Hilde Hildebrand as Madame Regina, Kunstreiterin
- Nicolas Koline as Nicky
- Helga Wiedenbrüg as Maria Roland, Journalistin
- Fritz Lafontaine as Gaston Costil
- Albert Gallin-Krauss as Tierpfleger
- Leopold von Ledebur as Williams, Zirkusdirektor
- Conny Heim
- Georg Hilbert
- Willy Millowitsch
- Franz Schneider
- Friedrich Schütze
- Kurt Bruck Jr.
- Alfons Goldar
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
Categories:
- 1951 films
- 1951 thriller films
- German thriller films
- West German films
- 1951 German-language films
- Films directed by Harry Piel
- Circus films
- Films about tigers
- Films based on German novels
- West German black-and-white films
- 1951 German films
- Films scored by Fritz Wenneis
- 1950s German film stubs
- Thriller film stubs