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

Something of an endurance test.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 20, 2014

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Patrick Peters

Empire Magazine

A detached and precise piece of heist filmmaking - more coldness than Heat - but watchable for that.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 16, 2014

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 4, 2011

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John Bleasdale

CineVue

The Robber is a piece of taut Eurocrime which, while unambitious, is also lean, unpretentious and effective.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 8, 2019

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Kelly Jane Torrance

Washington Examiner

The viewer is left to wonder at Johann's motivations, while he simply tears up the screen.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 8, 2019

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Michael Sicinski

Cinema Scope

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.

Nov 27, 2017

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Great portrait of a criminal.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

A bit plain, average overall.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

gritty austrian heist flick.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Benjamin Heisenberg

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Andreas Lust

Johann Rettenberger

Franziska Weisz

Erika

Markus Schleinzer

Bewährungsbeamter

Florian Wotruba

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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