Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932 film)

Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (German: Peter Voss, der Millionendieb) is a 1932 German comedy crime film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Willi Forst, Alice Treff and Paul Hörbiger. It was based on the 1913 novel of the same title by Ewald Gerhard Seeliger which has been adapted into a number of films including previously in 1921 and later in 1946. It was the second to last film made by Dupont in Germany before he was forced to flee to the United States following the rise of the Nazi Party.[1]

Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
Directed byEwald André Dupont
Produced byKarl Grune
Written byEwald Gerhard Seeliger (novel)
Albrecht Joseph
Bruno Frank
Ewald André Dupont
StarringWilli Forst
Alice Treff
Paul Hörbiger
Ida Wüst
Music byPeter Kreuder
CinematographyFriedl Behn-Grund
Production
company
Münchner Lichtspielkunst
Distributed byBavaria Film
Release date
22 March 1932
Running time
104 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

It was shot at the Emelka Studios in Munich with location shooting in Marseille. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ludwig Reiber and Willy Reiber.

Cast
  • Willi Forst as Peter Voß
  • Alice Treff as Polly
  • Paul Hörbiger as Bobby Dodd
  • Ida Wüst as Madame Bianca
  • Otto Wernicke as Pitt
  • Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Schilling
  • Edith d'Amara as Schillings Sekretärin (Schilling's secretary)
  • Johannes Roth as Asthmatischer Herr (asthmatical man)
  • Josef Eichheim as Plaschke
  • Will Dohm as Wirt des Nachtlokals (night club's innkeeper)
  • Willi Schaeffers as Araber (arab)
  • Gregori Chmara as Pascha (pasha)
  • Luise Werckmeister as Weiblicher Unteroffizier (female corporal)
  • Aenne Goerling as Sängerin (chanteuse)
  • Therese Giehse as Putzfrau (cleaner)
  • Kurt Horwitz as 1. Makler (1st broker)
  • O.E. Hasse as 2. Makler (2nd broker)
  • Henri Hertsch as 3. Makler (3rd broker)
  • Erika Mann as 1. Fremdenführer (1st tour guide)
  • Rudolf Amend as 2. Fremdenführer (2nd tour guide)
  • Fritz Schlenk as Purser
  • Reinhold Bernt as Zeitungsverkäufer (newspaper man)

References
  1. Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.33-34

Bibliography
  • Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.


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