My Friend the Thief

{{Short description|1951 film}} {{Infobox film | name = My Friend the Thief | image =File:My Friend the Thief poster.jpg | caption = | director = [[Helmut Weiss]] | producer = Helmut Weiss | writer = Helmut Weiss | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Hans Söhnker]]|[[Vera Molnar (actress)|Vera Molnar]]|[[Hardy Krüger]]}} | music = [[Werner Bochmann]] | cinematography = [[Erich Claunigk]] | editing = [[Anneliese Schönnenbeck]] | studio = Orlando-Film | distributor = [[Constantin Film]] | released = {{Film date|1951|11|08|df=y}} | runtime = 89 minutes | country = West Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''My Friend the Thief''''' ({{langx|de|'''Mein Freund, der Dieb'''}}) is a 1951 West German [[comedy film]] directed by [[Helmut Weiss]] and starring [[Hans Söhnker]], [[Vera Molnar (actress)|Vera Molnar]] and [[Hardy Krüger]].<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.451</ref> It was shot at the [[Göttingen Studios]] and [[location shooting|on location]] around [[Hanover]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Walter Haag]].

==Synopsis== Young thief Bimbo is part of the "lost generation" growing up in the shadow of the [[Second World War]]. However, when he steals the [[wallet]] of well-known writer Percy, the author decides to try and reform the young man with the assistance of his [[dancer]] girlfriend Nina. After some ups and downs, the gift of a [[camera]] convinces him he wants to work as a [[reporter]].

==Cast== * [[Hans Söhnker]] as Percy * [[Vera Molnar (actress)|Vera Molnar]] as Nina * [[Hardy Krüger]] as Bimbo * [[Olga Chekhova]] as Percy's Sister * [[Theodor Danegger]] as Franz * [[Käthe Haack]] as Angela * [[Marianne Koch]] as Resl * [[Edgar Ludovici]] * [[Friedel Mumme]] * [[Heini Müller (actor)|Heini Müller]] * Waus * [[Benno Sterzenbach]] * [[Charles Wirts]]

== References == {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0043797}}

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