The titular character, who is in debt, tries to pay it off by winning the lottery, but is unable to produce the winning ticket. But all the people in his city, including the city's criminal underbelly and his creditors are also after the ticket.
peter, voss, thief, millions, 1958, film, peter, voss, thief, millions, german, peter, voss, millionendieb, 1958, west, german, comedy, crime, film, directed, wolfgang, becker, starring, fischer, ingrid, andree, margit, saad, based, 1913, novel, peter, voss, t. Peter Voss Thief of Millions German Peter Voss der Millionendieb is a 1958 West German comedy crime film directed by Wolfgang Becker and starring O W Fischer Ingrid Andree and Margit Saad 1 It was based on the 1913 novel Peter Voss Thief of Millions by Ewald Gerhard Seeliger which had been previously adapted into three films 2 The film was a popular success and was followed by a sequel Peter Voss Hero of the Day with Fischer reprising his role Peter Voss Thief of MillionsGermanPeter Voss der MillionendiebDirected byWolfgang BeckerWritten byEwald Gerhard Seeliger novel Curt J BraunGustav KampendonkProduced byHeinz WillegKurt UlrichStarringO W FischerIngrid AndreeMargit SaadMara LaneCinematographyGunther SenftlebenKlaus von RautenfeldEdited byWolfgang FlaumMusic byHans Martin MajewskiProductioncompanyKurt Ulrich FilmproduktionDistributed byUFARelease date16 October 1958 1958 10 16 Running time110 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich Location shooting took place at a variety of settings including Lisbon Rio de Janeiro Mexico City Tokyo Hong Kong Barcelona Genoa and Marseille The film s sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jurgen Kiebach Hans Kuhnert and Karl Schneider Originally Eddie Constantine had been intended to play the title role but at the last minute his unavailability led to the casting of Fischer in his place Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External linksPlot editThe titular character who is in debt tries to pay it off by winning the lottery but is unable to produce the winning ticket But all the people in his city including the city s criminal underbelly and his creditors are also after the ticket Cast editO W Fischer as Peter Voss Ingrid Andree as Barbara Rottmann Margit Saad as Marion Mara Lane as Monique Peter Mosbacher as The Baron Peter Carsten as Willy Henri Cogan as Otto Boy Gobert as Ramon Cadalso Hans Leibelt as Mr Rottmann Ludwig Linkmann as Van Zanten Franz Otto Kruger as Uhl Walter Giller as Bobby DoddReferences edit Popa p 202 Goble p 415Bibliography editGoble Alan The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film Walter de Gruyter 1999 Popa Dorin O W Fischer seine Filme sein Leben Wilhelm Heyne 1989 External links editPeter Voss Thief of Millions at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to a German film of the 1950s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a crime comedy film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Voss Thief of Millions 1958 film amp oldid 1190922760, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
