Burglars (film)

For films with similar names, see Burglar (disambiguation).

Burglars (German: Einbrecher) is a 1930 German musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, and Heinz Rühmann.^[1] It is also known in English by the alternative title Murder For Sale. It is based on the French play "Guignol le cambrioleur" by Louis Verneuil, who co-wrote the screenplay. A French-language version, titled Flagrant délit, was filmed at the same time.^[2]

Plot

A young wife married to a much older toymaker is seduced by a dashing young thief who plans to rob them.

Cast

Ralph Arthur Roberts as Dumontier
Lilian Harvey as Reneé
Willy Fritsch as Durand
Heinz Rühmann as Sérigny
Margarethe Koeppke as Mimi
Oskar Sima as Der Diener
Gertrud Wolle as Hortense
Kurt Gerron as 1. Polizeikommisar
Paul Henckels as 2. Polizeikommisar

References

↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | EINBRECHER (1930)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
↑ Film notes to Black Hill Picture's DVD release of the film

External links

Burglars at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Hanns Schwarz

Nanon (1924)
The Telephone Operator (1925)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1928)
The Runaway Girl (1928)
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929)
Melody of the Heart (1929)
Darling of the Gods (1930)
Burglars (1930)
Flagrant délit (1931)
Her Grace Commands (1931)
Monte Carlo Madness (1931)
Captain Craddock (1931)
Happy Hearts (1932)
Gypsies of the Night (1932)
Monte Carlo Madness (1932)
Prince of Arcadia (1933)
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)

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