Manolescu, Prince of Thieves

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| name = Manolescu, Prince of Thieves

| image =File:Manolescu, Prince of Thieves.jpg

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| director = Georg C. Klaren
Willi Wolff

| producer = Ellen Richter

| based_on =

| writer = Georg C. Klaren
Hans Rameau

| narrator =

| starring = Iván Petrovich
Alfred Abel
Ellen Richter
Mady Christians

| music = Willy Rosen

| cinematography = Emil Schünemann

| editing = Roger von Norman

| studio =Hisa-Film

| distributor = Europa Film

| released ={{Film date|1933|03|17|df=yes}}

| runtime = 82 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

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Manolescu, Prince of Thieves (German: Manolescu, der Fürst der Diebe) is a 1933 German comedy crime film directed by Georg C. Klaren and Willi Wolff and starring Iván Petrovich, Alfred Abel, Ellen Richter and Mady Christians.Klaus p.129Giesen p.141 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in St. Moritz. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. It was produced and released just as the Weimar Republic was giving way to Nazi Germany.

Synopsis

An elegant man-about-town leads a secret life as a jewel thief. An insurance company hires a female investigator to try and track down the man behind the robberies that have led to large payouts, but in Paris he quickly sees through her scheme. Eventually he is caught and sentenced to prison in Germany, but manages to escape.

Cast

Iván Petrovich as George Manolescu
Alfred Abel as Jan Hendriks, Generaldirektor Introp Versicherung
Ellen Richter as Olivia, seine Frau
Mady Christians as Comtesse Maria Freyenberg
Hilde Hildebrand as Marion Lamond
Fritz Kampers Max Krause, ehemaliger Rennfahrer
Hubert von Meyerinck as Der Kellner im Hotel Ritz
Olly Gebauer as Die Dame im Wartesaal
Kurt Lilien as Der Nachtportier

References

Bibliography

Giesen, Rolf. The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy. McFarland, 2019.
Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.