Klettermaxe (1952 film)

Klettermaxe
Klettermaxe
	Gentlemen thief Albert Lieven and the police detective Erwin Linder
Directed by	Kurt Hoffmann
Written by	Eberhard Keindorff; Hans Mahner-Mons (novel); Johanna Sibelius;
Produced by	Franz Tappers
Starring	Liselotte Pulver; Albert Lieven; Charlott Daudert;
Cinematography	Albert Benitz
Edited by	Martha Dübber
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production; companies	Porta-Film; Standard-Filmverleih;
Distributed by	Europa-Filmverleih
Release date	15 May 1952;
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

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.

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

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