The Robber

Feb 26, 2010

1h 36m

★ 6.5

Overview

A champion marathoner leads a double life as a serial bank robber, sprinting between fixes (and away from police cavalcades) as many as three times a day.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion

The Robber Trailers

Cast

Johann Rettenberger

Andreas Lust

Kommissar Welz

Michael Welz

Erika

Franziska Weisz

Markus Kreczi

Florian Wotruba

Kommissar Lukas

Johann Bednar

Bewährungsbeamter

Markus Schleinzer

Alter Mann

Peter Vilnai

Kommissar Seidl

Max Edelbacher

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