In 1934 he played at the side of yet unknown Errol Flynn in Murder at Monte Carlo.
He learned English intensively in London , and played initially small film roles . Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935) was the only film with him in the lead role .
Paul Graetz fled on February 28, 1933, the Nazis to England. His Jewish background and the critique of National Socialism, which he brought in his plays to express threatened to be him under the new regime 's undoing.
With the seizure of power by the National Socialists the Jew Paul Graetz had to emigrate to London in 1933 and two years later to Hollywood.
After contemporary and classic roles Paul Graetz took part at Reinhardt's cabaret "Schall und Rauch" and became a very popular comedian in Berlin.