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The Robber
Der Räuber

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Directed by Benjamin Heisenberg
Produced by Burkhard Althoff, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Peter Heilrath, Michael Kitzberger, and Wolfgang Widerhofer
Screenplay by Benjamin Heisenberg and Martin Prinz Based on the novel by Martin Prinz
With: Andreas Lust, Johann Bednar, Gerda Drabek, Max Edelbacher, Walter Huber, and Franziska Weisz
Cinematography: Reinhold Vorschneider
Editing: Benjamin Heisenberg and Andrea Wagner
Music: Lorenz Dangel
Runtime: 101 min
Release Date: 02 February 2010
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Heisenberg's intriguing character-study-as-crime-thriller—based on the true story of Johann Kastenberger, a record-setting Austrian marathon runner who secretly knocked off banks in his free time—explores the pathologically compulsive personalities of athletes and master criminals.