Shanghai Film Studio
In 1967 the Augsburger Puppenkiste presented the tale as a TV puppet show. In 1974 the movie "The Robber Hotzenplotz" was shown, directed by Gustav Ehmck and with Gert Fröbe in the titular role. In 1979 the second part was shown as a movie ("News from Hotzenplotz") with a completely new crew. China's Shanghai Film Studio made a puppet animation series and released in 1989 with the name “The big robber” (大盗贼). In 2006 another movie of Hotzenplotz ("The Robber Hotzenplotz", directed by Gernot Roll) was shown in theaters.