Max the Pickpocket () is a 1962 West German comedy crime film directed by Imo Moszkowicz and starring Heinz Rühmann, Elfie Pertramer and Hans Clarin. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Synopsis A small-time pickpocket investigates when his brother-in-law is murdered. Cast Heinz Rühmann as Max Schilling Elfie Pertramer as Pauline Schilling Hans Clarin as Fred Ruth Stephan as Desiree Hans Hessling as Arthur Lotte Ledl as Lizzy Benno Sterzenbach as Charly Gibbons Harald Maresch as Joe Frithjof Vierock as Egon Schilling Hans Leibelt Ulrich Beiger as Alleinunterhalter Hans Jürgen Diedrich Helga Anders as Brigitte Gernot Duda Arno Assmann as Polizeiinspektor Friedrich References Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links 1962 films 1960s crime comedy films German crime comedy films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Imo Moszkowicz Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios 1962 comedy films 1960s German films