The Eddie Chapman Story

The Eddie Chapman Story
Written byStefan Gommermann
Directed byWolfgang Becker
StarringPeter Vogel
Anita Höfer
Joseph Offenbach
Country of originWest Germany
Original languageGerman
Production
ProducerIngeborg Janiczek
CinematographyRichard Schüler
EditorUrsula Mai
Running time83 minutes
Production companyZDF
Original release
NetworkZDF
Release17 September 1971 (1971-09-17)

The Eddie Chapman Story (German: Kein Geldschrank geht von selber auf - Die Eddie-Chapman-Story) is a 1971 West German television comedy thriller film directed by Wolfgang Becker and starring Peter Vogel, Anita Höfer and Joseph Offenbach.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans-Ulrich Thormann. It was first broadcast on ZDF on 17 September 1971.[3] It is inspired by the career of the English safecracker Eddie Chapman who in the Second World War was recruited as a spy by Nazi Germany, while working as a double agent for British intelligence.

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Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Klünder, Achim. Encyclopedia of television plays in German speaking Europe: Volume 1. De Gruyter, 2011.
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