Max the Pickpocket explained

Max the Pickpocket
Director:	Imo Moszkowicz
Studio:	Bavaria Film
Distributor:	Bavaria Film
Runtime:	91 minutes
Country:	West Germany

Max the Pickpocket (de|'''Max, der Taschendieb''') is a 1962 West German comedy crime film directed by Imo Moszkowicz and starring Heinz Rühmann, Elfie Pertramer and Hans Clarin.^[1]

It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.

Synopsis

A small-time pickpocket investigates when his brother-in-law is murdered.

Cast

• Heinz Rühmann as Max Schilling
• Elfie Pertramer as Pauline Schilling
• Hans Clarin as Fred
• Ruth Stephan as Desiree
• Hans Hessling as Arthur
• Lotte Ledl as Lizzy
• Benno Sterzenbach as Charly Gibbons
• Harald Maresch as Joe
• Frithjof Vierock as Egon Schilling
• Hans Leibelt
• Ulrich Beiger as Alleinunterhalter
• Hans Jürgen Diedrich
• Helga Anders as Brigitte
• Gernot Duda
• Arno Assmann as Polizeiinspektor Friedrich

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

Notes and References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p.55