Der Dieb von San Marengo (1963)
In San Marengo, master thief Cesare Giovanini’s heists leave local merchants profiting from hefty insurance claims. When captured, he’s granted luxury prison comforts, and even nightly “private visits”, in exchange for continuing his work under police supervision. Bored, Cesare escapes, only to be recaptured with an unexpected offer: a lucrative board position instead of bars.
Director: Günter Reisch
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Horst Drinda as Cesare Giovanini |
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Kurt Rackelmann as Carlo Leporello |
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Wolf Kaiser as Präfekt |
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Valentina Thielová as Präfektin |
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Helga Piur as Viola |
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Günter Rüger as Ratte |
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Nico Turoff as Bulldogge |
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Gerd E. Schäfer as Regisseur |
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Vera Oelschlegel as Regie-Assistentin |
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Siegfried Weiß as Syndikus der Hohlkörper AG |
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Fred Kötteritzsch as Bürgermeister |
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Peter Kiwitt as Juwelier |
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Arthur Jopp as Hotelier |
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Hans Knötzsch as Stadtkämmerer |
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Willi Schrade as Umberto - Violas Bruder |
| Camera | Jürgen Brauer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Otto Merz | Director of Photography |
| Sound | André Asriel | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Günter Reisch | Director |
| Writing | Maurycy Janowski | Writer |
| Writing | Günter Prodöhl | Writer |
| Writing | Günter Reisch | Writer |
| Editing | Lena Neumann | Editor |