Based on an actual event from the 1930s, the German crime film Sommersprossen (1968) was the first feature from the prolific film and television director Helmut Förnbacher, who also co-stars. The frequently retitled feature (What A Way To Die, Freckles, etc.) involved the exploits of two German bank robbers (Förnbacher and William Keoma Berger) who try their hand in Basel, Switzerland. With Helga Anders from The Brutes (1970) and vivacious Giorgia Moll from Godard's Contempt (1963).