Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932 film)
Appearance
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions | |
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Directed by | Ewald André Dupont |
Written by | Ewald Gerhard Seeliger (novel) Albrecht Joseph Bruno Frank Ewald André Dupont |
Produced by | Karl Grune |
Starring | Willi Forst Alice Treff Paul Hörbiger Ida Wüst |
Cinematography | Friedl Behn-Grund |
Music by | Peter Kreuder |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
Release date | 22 March 1932 |
Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (German: Peter Voss, der Millionendieb) is a 1932 German comedy crime film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Willi Forst, Alice Treff and Paul Hörbiger. It was based on the 1913 novel of the same title by Ewald Gerhard Seeliger which has been adapted into a number of films including previously in 1921 and later in 1946. It was the second to last film made by Dupont in Germany before he was forced to flee to the United States following the rise of the Nazi Party.[1]
It was shot at the Emelka Studios in Munich with location shooting in Marseille. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ludwig Reiber and Willy Reiber.
Cast
- Willi Forst as Peter Voß
- Alice Treff as Polly
- Paul Hörbiger as Bobby Dodd
- Ida Wüst as Madame Bianca
- Otto Wernicke as Pitt
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Schilling
- Edith d'Amara as Schillings Sekretärin (Schilling's secretary)
- Johannes Roth as Asthmatischer Herr (asthmatical man)
- Josef Eichheim as Plaschke
- Will Dohm as Wirt des Nachtlokals (night club's innkeeper)
- Willi Schaeffers as Araber (arab)
- Gregori Chmara as Pascha (pasha)
- Luise Werckmeister as Weiblicher Unteroffizier (female corporal)
- Aenne Goerling as Sängerin (chanteuse)
- Therese Giehse as Putzfrau (cleaner)
- Kurt Horwitz as 1. Makler (1st broker)
- O.E. Hasse as 2. Makler (2nd broker)
- Henri Hertsch as 3. Makler (3rd broker)
- Erika Mann as 1. Fremdenführer (1st tour guide)
- Rudolf Amend as 2. Fremdenführer (2nd tour guide)
- Fritz Schlenk as Purser
- Reinhold Bernt as Zeitungsverkäufer (newspaper man)
References
- ^ Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.33-34
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.
External links
Categories:
- 1932 films
- 1930s adventure films
- 1930s crime comedy films
- German adventure comedy films
- German crime comedy films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German-language films
- Films directed by Ewald André Dupont
- Films based on German novels
- German film remakes
- Sound film remakes of silent films
- Bavaria Film films
- German black-and-white films
- Films shot in Marseille
- Films shot at Bavaria Studios
- 1932 comedy films
- 1930s German film stubs
- Crime comedy film stubs