"Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt"
The story of a department store extortionist who in the late 1980s in Germany became an international media sensation and fooled an entire nation, receiving the nickname "DuckTales Bandit."
Social & External
The people behind it
Friedrich Mücke
Arno Funke
Mišel Matičević
Ulrich Strack
Sonja Gerhardt
Dr. Sonja Balaš
Carol Rovira
Anaïs
Moritz Führmann
Joe Kaidel
Doguhan Kabadayi
Inan Çoban
Martin Feifel
Arno's Father
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