The Robber
April 29, 2011
Plot
Tells the true story of Johann Rettenberger, a marathon athlete who developed robbing banks as a hobby.
Release Year: 2010
Rating: 6.8/10 (1,742 voted)
Critic's Score: 64/100
Director:
Benjamin Heisenberg
Stars: Andreas Lust, Franziska Weisz, Florian Wotruba
Storyline
Tells the true story of Johann Rettenberger, a marathon athlete who developed robbing banks as a hobby.
Writers: Benjamin Heisenberg, Martin Prinz
Cast:
Andreas Lust
–
Johann Rettenberger
Franziska Weisz
–
Erika
Florian Wotruba
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Markus Kreczi
Johann Bednar
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Kommissar Lukas
Markus Schleinzer
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Bewährungsbeamter
Peter Vilnai
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Alter Mann
Max Edelbacher
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Kommissar Seidl
Christian Althoff
–
Junger Mann am Parkplatz
(as Bernd-Christian Althoff)
Marcus Bauer
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Man am Bankomat
Christian Buchmayr
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Polizeieinhelt
Leopold Böhm
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Bankkassierer
Michaela Christl
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Entführte Frau
Gerda Drabek
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Schalterbeamtin
Alexander E. Fennon
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Beklauter Autobesitzer
(as Alexander Fennon)
Swintha Gersthofer
–
Junge Frau am Parkplatz
Details
Official Website:
Kino Lorber [United States] |
Zorro Film [Germany] |
Release Date: 29 April 2011
Filming Locations: Lower Austria, Austria
Box Office Details
Budget: €1,000,000
(estimated)
Gross: $82,468
(USA)
(11 September 2011)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
User Review
Prospects for a good life inexplicably gone bad
Rating: 8/10
Austrian-German co-production, Der Räuber (The Robber, 2010), based on
the real events, tells the story about the long-distance runner, who
could've lived a decent life, having a loving and caring girlfriend, a
solid place to stay, and an extraordinary talent for long-distance
running that he could've easily made a good living on, but instead, he
additionally specializes and excels in bank robbing, becoming an addict
of such an unusual activity for no other obvious reason but for
possible "beauty of a criminal campaign" and adrenaline rush received
along. (He's hinted times and again that he couldn't have cared less
about the stolen money itself, by jamming it into black rubbish plastic
bags, as if he was going to trash it.) One of those life stories that
you cannot help but get unpleasantly amazed with how all the reasonable
prerequisites for a good life, though inexplicably, yet seemingly so
unnecessarily, get flushed down the drain, apparently faithfully
presented in the movie with understandable, ergo acceptable lack of
intention to ease the answers to the hard whys.