---
title: 'The Copper (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Eugen York'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-copper-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051681/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Copper (1958)

1958 · 96 min · Crime · Germany

Original title: Der Greifer

## Synopsis

The Copper also translated as The Grasper is a 1958 West German crime film directed by Eugen York and starring Hans Albers, Hansjörg Felmy and Susanne Cramer. It is a remake of the 1930 film The Copper which Albers had also starred in. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin as well as on location in Hamburg and Essen. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Theo Zwierski.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Eugen York](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugen-york)
- **Screenplay:** [Curt Johannes Braun](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-johannes-braun)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans-Martin Majewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-martin-majewski)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ekkehard Kyrath](https://cinepixo.com/people/ekkehard-kyrath)
- **Editor:** [Ingrid Wacker](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingrid-wacker)

## Cast

- [Georg Gütlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-gutlich)
- [Lia Eibenschütz](https://cinepixo.com/people/lia-eibenschutz)
- [Siegfried Lowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-lowitz)
- [Horst Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-frank)
- [Else Reval](https://cinepixo.com/people/else-reval)
- [Fritz Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-wagner)
- [Reinhard Kolldehoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhard-kolldehoff)
- [Mady Rahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/mady-rahl)
- [Joachim Röcker](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-rocker)
- [Karl Hellmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hellmer)
- [Herbert Hübner](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-hubner)
- [Hans Schwarz](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-schwarz)
- [Carsta Löck](https://cinepixo.com/people/carsta-lock)
- [Ernst Stankovski](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-stankovski)
- [Maria Sebaldt](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-sebaldt)

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