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The Robber

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The true story of a marathon runner who liked to rob banks.

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The Robber draws on real-life events for a complex character-driven drama that draws viewers in even as it avoids hitting traditional thriller beats.

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Leslie Felperin Guardian 03/20/2014
2/5
Something of an endurance test. Go to Full Review Patrick Peters Empire Magazine 03/16/2014
3/5
A detached and precise piece of heist filmmaking - more coldness than Heat - but watchable for that. Go to Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 08/04/2011
2.5/4
Here is a well-made movie with insufficient interest in its hero. Go to Full Review John Bleasdale CineVue 03/08/2019
3/5
The Robber is a piece of taut Eurocrime which, while unambitious, is also lean, unpretentious and effective. Go to Full Review Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner 01/08/2019
3.5/5
The viewer is left to wonder at Johann's motivations, while he simply tears up the screen. Go to Full Review Michael Sicinski Cinema Scope 11/27/2017
This overall orchestration of The Robber as a kind of cinematic device for marking contrastive states of existence is, crucially, mirrored in Rettenberger's own formalistic attitude towards his own existence. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/16/2020 Inspirational, compelling, magnificent drama! A definite winner!!! See more 03/24/2016 Great portrait of a criminal. See more 10/09/2015 A marathon runner who also robs banks is released from jail and immediately returns to a life of crime. He obsessively pursues both interests to the point of destroying his life. This film gives you so little background information on its subject that it essentially becomes a character study of a character with very few dimensions to him. It's an interesting enough film for what it is, but it's somewhat hampered by it's excessively narrow focus. See more 07/06/2015 Excellent film based on Johann Rettenberger, the real life Austrian runner who was a bank robber. See more 12/18/2014 A bit plain, average overall. See more 07/02/2014 gritty austrian heist flick. See more Read all reviews
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Benjamin Heisenberg

Director

Andreas Lust

Johann Rettenberger

Franziska Weisz

Erika

Markus Schleinzer

Bewährungsbeamter

Florian Wotruba

Markus Kreczi

Johann Bednar

Kommissar Lukas

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Movie Info

Synopsis The true story of a marathon runner who liked to rob banks.
Director
Benjamin Heisenberg
Screenwriter
Benjamin Heisenberg, Martin Prinz
Genre
Biography, Crime, Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 19, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$82.5K
Runtime
1h 30m