''The Maddest Car in the World'' (german: Das verrückteste Auto der Welt) is a 1975 West German

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directed by

Rudolf Zehetgruber Rudolf Zehetgruber (born 16 September 1926) is an Austrian film director, film producer, producer, screenwriter and actor who directed 17 films between 1960 and 1985. He is most known for writing and directing the Superbug (film series), Superb ...

starring Zehetgruber,

Salvatore Borghese Sal Borgese (born 5 March 1937, in Rome) is an Italian film actor. He is sometimes credited as Salvatore Borghese or Mark Trevor. He is noted for extensive work in the Italian film industry from the 1960s to present day, and for his work as a st ...

, Kathrin Oginski, and

Walter Giller Walter Giller (23 August 1927 – 15 December 2011) was a German actor. He was very successful in the 1950s and 1960s, when he was often seen as a comedic leading man. One of his most successful and more serious roles was in ''Roses for the Pros ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 157 It was one of Zehetgruber's films in the ''Superbug'' film series. It was made as a response to the German box office success of ''

The Love Bug ''The Love Bug'' is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and the first in a franchise by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution that starred an anthropomorphic pearl-white, fabric-sunroofed 1963 ...

'' (Herbie).

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* 1975 films 1975 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber Films scored by Gerhard Heinz Constantin Film films Films set in Switzerland Films about automobiles 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub