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Peter Voss, Hero of the Day (1959)

Peter Voss, Hero of the Day poster
Original title
Peter Voss, der Held des Tages
Directed by
Georg Marischka
Genre
comedy film, adventure film, crime film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
12
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A charming adventurer gets mixed up in comedic capers and criminal plots across multiple continents. He travels to glamorous locations while trying to stay one step ahead of trouble.

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What happens

Peter Voss, Hero of the Day (German: Peter Voss, der Held des Tages) is a 1959 West German comedy crime film directed by Georg Marischka and starring O.W. Fischer, Linda Christian and Walter Giller. It was a sequel to the 1958 film Peter Voss, Thief of Millions which had been based on the novel of the same title by Ewald Gerhard Seeliger. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin, and on location in Nice, Morocco, Las Palmas, Singapore, Las Vegas and India. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hertha Hareiter and Otto Pischinger. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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