ROBBER [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 2010
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: Based on the real-life story of one of Austria's most-wanted bank robbers, The Robber is a breathless thriller 'as lean and taut as its marathon-winning title character.' (LA Times).; ; Johann Rettenberger leads a double life as a championship runner and serial bank robber, sprinting between heists (and away from police cars) as many as three times a day. As portrayed in a riveting central performance by Andreas Lust (Munich), Rettenberger is an obsessive loner more concerned with his lap times than other human beings. Once he falls into a relationship with a social worker, Erika (Franziska Weisz), it becomes impossible to hide his crimes, and the violence he reserved for his robberies starts seeping into his daily life.; ; Director Benjamin Heisenberg has created a powerful, visceral study of a pathological adrenaline junkie. But The Robber, which is already slated for a Hollywood remake, is more than that: It's also an action movie filled with 'turbocharged chase-and-escape sequences' (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) that will leave you gasping.
• Cast: Andreas Lust, Franziska Weisz, Florian Wotruba, Johann Bednar, Markus Schleinzer, Peter Vilnai, Max Edelbacher, Christian Althoff, Michaela Christl, Gerda Drabek, Alexander E. Fennon, Walter Huber, Benjamin Heisenberg, Martin Prinz
• Director: Benjamin Heisenberg
• Runtime: 1:41
• Company: Kino Lorber
• Media Format: Movie