Klettermaxe (1952 film)

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Klettermaxe
Gentlemen thief Albert Lieven and the police detective Erwin Linder
Directed byKurt Hoffmann
Written by
Produced byFranz Tappers
Starring
CinematographyAlbert Benitz
Edited byMartha Dübber
Music byHans-Martin Majewski
Production
companies
  • Porta-Film
  • Standard-Filmverleih
Distributed byEuropa-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 15 May 1952 (1952-05-15)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Klettermaxe is a 1952 West German comedy crime film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Liselotte Pulver, Albert Lieven and Charlott Daudert.[1]

It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann. It was a major commercial success on release, and helped to cement Pulver's reputation as a leading star.

Plot[edit]

It is a remake of a 1927 silent film about a cat burglar who steals from other thieves and a young Cuban dancer who becomes fascinated by him.

Cast[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.379

Bibliography[edit]

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

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