Max the Pickpocket

Max the Pickpocket (German: 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]

Max the Pickpocket
Elfie Pertramer and Heinz Rühmann
Directed by	Imo Moszkowicz
Written by	István Békeffy Hans Jacoby
Produced by	Claus Hardt Utz Utermann
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Elfie Pertramer Hans Clarin
Cinematography	Albert Benitz
Edited by	Walter Boos
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Production company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	1 March 1962 (1962-03-01)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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