Crook and the Cross

Year: 1960

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: German

Director: Axel von Ambesser

Comedy

Divinely aided, safe‑cracker Paul Wittkowski, aka “Cracker‑Paulie,” flees police and poses as a priest. He reaches a village where the pastor battles a powerful businessman, and uses his skills to aid the pastor and a young widow. This act redirects him toward redemption; he later turns himself in, serves his time, and begins a new life with the widow.

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