Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (TV series)

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Peter Voss, Thief of Millions
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GenreAdventure
Based on Peter Voss, Thief of Millions by Ewald Gerhard Seeliger
Written byPeter Lodynski
Directed byPeter Lodynski
Starring Wolf Roth
ComposerArpad Bondy
Country of originWest Germany
Original languageGerman
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerJoachim G. Staab
Running time50 minutes
Release
Original network ZDF
Original release7 May (1977-05-07) 
13 August 1977 (1977-08-13)

Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (German: Peter Voss, der Millionendieb) is a West German adventure television series originally broadcast on ZDF in 1977. It is inspired by the novel Peter Voss, Thief of Millions by Ewald Gerhard Seeliger which has been adapted into films on numerous occasions most recently the 1958 film Peter Voss, Thief of Millions . [1]

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