The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
About a dramatic bank robbery on August 16, 1988, where the criminals escape with two hostages and the media is right in the middle of their chase. Two days later the hostage situation was put to an end in a police operation on the A3 motorway. Three people were killed during this crisis - two teenage hostages and a policeman involved in a vehicle crash. The whole episode became a media circus in Germany and the Netherlands.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael GrambergDirector
- Michael GrambergScreenplay
Cast
- Dieter DegowskiHimself/Bank robber
- Hans-Jürgen RösnerHimself/Bank robber
- Herbert SchnoorHimself/Politician
- Rainer FrommHimself/Journalist
- Silke BischoffHerself/Hostage
- Wolfgang H. SchöningHimself/Bank executive DB
- Eckhard MordhorstHimself/Police inspector
- Ines FalkHerself/Hostage
- Marion LöblichHerself/ Rösner's girlfriend
- Udo RöbelHimself/Reporter
- Bernd MeyerHimself/Minister of interior Bremen
- Gert HeidenreichNarrator