---
title: 'Burglars (1930)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hanns Schwarz'
released: '1930-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/burglars-1930'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020727/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Burglars (1930)

1930 · 93 min · Comedy, Music · Germany

Original title: Einbrecher

## Synopsis

Burglars is a 1930 German musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, and Heinz Rühmann. It is also known in English by the alternative title Murder For Sale. It is based on the French play "Guignol le cambrioleur" by Louis Verneuil, who co-wrote the screenplay. A French-language version, titled Flagrant délit, was filmed at the same time. The film was intended by the studio UFA as a follow-up to the hit musical The Three from the Filling Station.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hanns Schwarz](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-schwarz)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Liebmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-liebmann)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Friedrich Hollaender](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-hollaender)
- **Producer:** [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Günther Rittau](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-rittau), [Konstantin Tschet](https://cinepixo.com/people/konstantin-tschet)
- **Editor:** [Willy Zeyn junior](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-zeyn-junior)

## Cast

- [Willy Fritsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-fritsch)
- [Heinz Rühmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-ruhmann)
- [Gertrud Wolle](https://cinepixo.com/people/gertrud-wolle)
- [Paul Henckels](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-henckels)
- [Margarethe Koeppke](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarethe-koeppke)
- [Oskar Sima](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-sima)
- [Kurt Gerron](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-gerron)
- [Lilian Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilian-harvey)
- [Ralph Arthur Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-arthur-roberts)

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