The Robber

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The Robber

2010

1h 30m

Biography

Crime

Drama

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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.

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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.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

08/04/2011

2.5/4

Here is a well-made movie with insufficient interest in its hero.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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05/16/2020

Inspirational, compelling, magnificent drama! A definite winner!!!

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03/24/2016

Great portrait of a criminal.

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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.

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07/06/2015

Excellent film based on Johann Rettenberger, the real life Austrian runner who was a bank robber.

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12/18/2014

A bit plain, average overall.

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07/02/2014

gritty austrian heist flick.

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Benjamin Heisenberg

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Johann Rettenberger

Franziska Weisz

Erika

Markus Schleinzer

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Markus Kreczi

Johann Bednar

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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

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