Klettermaxe (1952 film)
Appearance
Klettermaxe | |
---|---|
Directed by | Kurt Hoffmann |
Written by | |
Produced by | Franz Tappers |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Albert Benitz |
Edited by | Martha Dübber |
Music by | Hans-Martin Majewski |
Production companies |
|
Distributed by | Europa-Filmverleih |
Release date |
|
Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
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]- Liselotte Pulver as Corry Bell
- Albert Lieven as Dr. Malien, Schriftsteller
- Charlott Daudert as Gertie
- Madelon Truß as Susanne
- Erna Sellmer as Ludmilla, Kneipenwirtin
- Harald Paulsen as Malkow
- Paul Henckels as Weingarten, Besitzer eines Modesalons
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Dobnika
- Josef Sieber as Kruschke
- Hans Schwarz Jr. as Packer
- Hans Stiebner as Krümel
- Erwin Linder as Kriminalkommissar Plessen
- Robert Meyn as Reuping, Theaterdirektor
- Heinz Klevenow as Paul
- Fritz Wagner as Warnecke
- Charlotte Bufford as Zofe Lizzy
- Alexander Hunzinger
- Elly Burgmer
- Arnim Dahl as Klettermaxe (as stunt man)
References
[edit]- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.379
Bibliography
[edit]- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Klettermaxe at IMDb
Categories:
- 1952 films
- 1950s crime comedy films
- 1950s vigilante films
- West German films
- 1950s German-language films
- Films directed by Kurt Hoffmann
- Remakes of German films
- Films based on German novels
- German-language crime comedy films
- German vigilante films
- German crime comedy films
- Films set in Hamburg
- Films shot at Wandsbek Studios
- 1952 comedy films
- German black-and-white films
- 1950s German films
- Films scored by Hans-Martin Majewski
- 1950s German film stubs