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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 Something of an endurance test. Rated: 2/5 Mar 20, 2014 Full Review 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 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Here is a well-made movie with insufficient interest in its hero. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 4, 2011 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Inspirational, compelling, magnificent drama! A definite winner!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Great portrait of a criminal. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member A bit plain, average overall. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member gritty austrian heist flick. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
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