Johnny Steals Europe (German: Jonny stiehlt Europa) is a 1932 German comedy crime film directed by Harry Piel and Andrew Marton and starring Piel, Dary Holm and Alfred Abel. The film was based on a novel by Werner Scheff. Released by the German branch of Universal Pictures, it premiered on 15 June 1932. A German helps a group of Americans to recover Europa, their stolen horse.

Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The film Johnny Steals Europe was based on a comic novel."?
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