''Achtung! Auto-Diebe!'' () is a 1930

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crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by

Harry Piel Heinrich Piel (12 July 1892 – 27 March 1963), known professionally as Harry Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer who was involved in over 150 films. Piel became a director in 1912, turning out suc ...

and written by

Hans Rameau Hans Rameau (1901 – 1980) was a German screenwriter. Biography Born Paul H. Gulder, he was the stepson of the actor and stage director Emil Rameau (actually ''Pulvermacher'').Antrag auf Einbürgerung von Emil Pulvermacher/Emil Rameau, Decla ...

. The film starred

and

Leopold von Ledebur Leopold von Ledebur (18 May 1876 – 22 August 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Carmen'' (1918) * '' The Serenyi'' (1918) * ''Midnight'' (1918) * '' The Foolish Heart'' (1919) * ''The Golden Lie'' (1919) * '' T ...

Cast

as Harry Palen, Auto-Verkäufer and in alphabetical order *Charly Berger *

Hugo Fischer-Köppe Hugo Fischer-Köppe (13 February 1890, in Bielefeld – 31 December 1937, in Berlin) was an early Germany, German film actor. Fischer-Köppe entered film in 1917 and appeared in some 80 different films between 1913 and his premature death in 1937 ...

as Franz, Chauffeur *Charles Francois *

Max Gülstorff Max Walter Gülstorff (23 March 1882 – 6 February 1947) was a German actor and stage director. Biography Gülstorff was born in Tilsit, East Prussia. He first appeared in 1900 at the Rudolstadt municipal Theater and moved to Cottbus in 1908 ...

as Jakob Reuß, Inhaber einer Auto-Firma *

Dary Holm Dary Holm (born Anna Maria Dorothea Meyer; 16 April 1897 – 29 August 1960) was a German actress. She married film star Harry Piel in 1927. Holm starred alongside Piel in several films, such as '' Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932).Grange p.389 Selec ...

as Helene, seine Gattin * Herbert Paulmüller *

Lydia Potechina Lydia Potechina (5 September 1883 – 30 April 1934) was a Russian actress. She emigrated to Germany in 1918. She was married to the Russian-German film producer Max Pfeiffer. Selected filmography *''Destiny'' (1921) * ''The Conspiracy in Genoa ...

* Oswald Scheffel *

Raimondo Van Riel Raimondo Van Riel (22 January 1881, in Rome – 9 May 1962, in Mentana) was an Italian actor. Raimondo Van Riel was born on January 22, 1881, in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is known for his work on Quo Vadis? (1924), The Magnificent Rogue (1935) and ...

as Robert Radek *

as Eggert, Kriminalkommissär

Release

The film premiered on 5 June 1930 in

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External links

* 1930 films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films German black-and-white films 1930 crime films Films directed by Harry Piel German crime films 1930s German films German-language crime films {{1930s-crime-film-stub