Burglars (film)

Burglars
Burglars
Directed by	Hanns Schwarz
Written by	Robert Liebmann; Louis Verneuil (play);
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Lilian Harvey; Willy Fritsch; Heinz Rühmann;
Cinematography	Konstantin Irmen-Tschet; Günther Rittau;
Edited by	Willy Zeyn
Music by	Friedrich Hollaender; Franz Waxman;
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	16 December 1930;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

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 (Caught in the Act), was filmed at the same time.^[2] The film was intended by the studio UFA as a follow-up to the hit musical The Three from the Filling Station.

The film's set were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin with location filming also taking place in Paris.

Plot

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

^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | EINBRECHER (1930)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
^ Film notes to Black Hill Picture's DVD release of the film

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