---
title: 'The Copper (1930)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Eichberg'
released: '1930-09-17'
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-copper-1930'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020789/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Copper (1930)

1930 · Crime · Germany, United Kingdom

Original title: Der Greifer

## Synopsis

The Copper, or The Grasper, is a 1930 British-German crime film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Susa, and Margot Landa. It is the German-language version of the British film Night Birds, which was also directed by Eichberg but with an English-speaking cast, and which was released in the USA under the title Nacht-Bummler by Columbia Pictures Corp. Both films were made by British International Pictures at their Elstree Studios at a time when such multiple-language versions were common.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Eichberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-eichberg)
- **Producer:** [Richard Eichberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-eichberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Curt Johannes Braun](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-johannes-braun)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans May](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-may)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bruno Mondi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-mondi), [Heinrich Gärtner](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-gartner)

## Cast

- [Hans Albers](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-albers)
- [Margot Walter](https://cinepixo.com/people/margot-walter)
- [Charlotte Susa](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-susa)

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