Crook and the Cross (1960)
1960 · 1h 35m · Comedy
Genres: Comedy
With the help of God, the loveable safecracker Paul Wittkowski – aka “Cracker-Paulie” – manages to escape the clutches of the cops. He dresses up as a priest and ends up in a village, whose pastor is in dispute with an influential businessman.
Director: Axel von Ambesser
Writers: Curth Flatow
Music by: Norbert Schultze
Cinematography: Oskar Schnirch
Editor: Herbert Taschner
Cast
Gert Fröbe as Paul WittkowskiKarlheinz Böhm as Father SteinerRudolf Vogel as Anton BaumbergerEllen Schwiers as Maria HolzmannLucie Englisch as Frau NestleManfred Kunst as Peter HolzmannBarbara Gallauner as Fräulein MauerHans Jürgen Diedrich as Wachtmeister FrankeToni Treutler as Thérèse BaumbergerRosemarie Kirstein as Helga BaumbergerHans Clarin as Karl SchmiedelMore like this
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