
The Robber

"The Robber", based on a true story, is about Johann Rettenberger, a successful marathon runner and serial bank robber. Right after being released from prison, he starts robbing banks again, until love gets in the way. When the police catch up with him, he uses his legs to escape.
Data
- Category
- Feature Film
- Financing
- Majoritäre Koproduktion
- Format
- 35 mm, 96 Min
- Approximate cinema release
- 26.02.2010
- Release
- 26.02.2010
- Distribution
- ThimFilm GmbH
- Admissions
- 18.778
- Co-production
Peter Heilrath Film (DE)
- International funding
- Festivals & Awards (Selection)
2010: Bayrischer Filmpreis – Pierrot für Beste Nachwuchs-Regie
- Funding program
- ÖFI
- Film location
- Vienna, Lower Austria
- Shooting time
- April - November 2008
- Funding institutions Austria
- Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Land Niederösterreich
Credits
- Production
- Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH
- Producer
- Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Markus Glaser
- Director
- Benjamin Heisenberg
- Script
- Benjamin Heisenberg, Martin Prinz nach dem Roman von Martin Prinz
- DOP
- Reinhold Vorschneider
- Editor
- Andrea Wagner, Benjamin Heisenberg
- Sound engineer
- Marc Parisotto
- Costume design
- Stefanie Rieß
- Set design
- Renate Schmaderer
- Music
- Lorenz Dangel
- Cast
- Andreas Lust (Rettenberger), Franziska Weisz (Erika), Markus Schleinzer (Bewährungsbeamter), Peter Vilnai (alter Mann), Johann Bednar (Kommissar Lukac), Max Edelbacher (Kommissar Seidl)
- Production manager
- Gerhard Hannak
- International distribution
- Films Distribution
- German Title
- Der Räuber
- Television investment
- ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), ZDF, ARTE
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