The Robber

A film by Benjamin Heisenberg
A 2010, 96 Min.
35mm, 16:9
Fertiggestellt

Synopsis

THE ROBBER tells the true story of a man with many talents: Johann Rettenberger wins marathons and is a professional bank robber. He lives with his girlfriend in Vienna without being found, and sets out repeatedly, driven to stay in motion and motivated by the beauty of a criminal campaign. When the authorities finally close in, he uses his legs in an attempt to escape a large deployment of police officers. Benjamin Heisenberg's second film after his successful SLEEPER portrays the robber on a search for freedom, whose anarchistic life philosophy unavoidably leads to a conflict with society.

Credits


with

Andreas Lust

Franziska Weisz

Markus Schleinzer

Peter Vilnai

Johann Bednar

Max Edelbacher

a.o. 

 

Director:  

Benjamin Heisenberg

Script: 

Benjamin Heisenberg

Martin Prinz

 

Based on the novel „ON THE RUN“ by Martin Prinz,

published by Dedalus Ltd

 

Photography:  

Reinhold Vorschneider 

 

Set Design: 

Renate Schmaderer 

 

Costume Design:  

Stephanie Riess 

 

Make-up Artist: 

Wiltrud Derschmidt 

 

Sound: 

Marc Parisotto 

 

Casting:

Markus Schleinzer 

 

Editor: 

Andrea Wagner

Benjamin Heisenberg 

 

Music: 

Lorenz Dangel 

 

Sounddesign: 

Veronika Hlawatsch

 

Soundmixing: 

Bernhard Maisch  

 

Production Manager: 

Gerhard Hannak 

 

Executive Producer:  

Michael Kitzberger  


Producers: 

Nikolaus Geyrhalter 

Markus Glaser

Michael Kitzberger 

Wolfgang Widerhofer

Peter Heilrath

 

Commissioning Editors: 

Heinrich Mis

Johanna Chorherr

Susanne Spellitz (ORF)

Anne Even (ZDF-ARTE)

Burkhard Althoff

(ZDF - Das Kleine Fernsehspiel)

 

Production:

NGF - Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH

Peter Heilrath Filmproduktion 

 

With support of:

Österreichisches Filminstitut

ORF

Filmfonds Wien

ZDF/Arte

FFF Bayern

Land NÖ

FFA

 

World Sales:

Films Distribution

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Awards

Best Director (Benjamin Heisenberg), Best Actor (Andreas Lust), Best Sound (Marc Parisotto, Veronika Hlawatsch, Bernhard Maisch), Austrian Film Award (2011)
Bavarian Film Award for Best Direction - Young Film, (2010)
Prizes for Acting to Franziska Weisz and Andreas Lust, Diagonale (2010)
Blogger Preis, Festival Paris Cinema (2010)
Mavericks 2010 Winner, Calgary International Filmfestival (2010)
Best Script, Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón (2010)
Best Film, Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (2011)

Festivals

Berlinale, 2010
Nara, 2010
Manila , 2010
Ecocinema International Film Festival Athen, 2010
Haifa , 2010
Budapest , 2010
New York, 2010
Calgary , 2010
Vancouver , 2010
Chicago , 2010
Istanbul , 2010
Singapur , 2010
Osaka , 2010
Santiago , 2010
Palic , 2010
Melbourne , 2010
Berlin, 2010
Diagonale, Festival of Austrian Film, Graz, 2010
Buenos Aires , 2010
Kopenhagen , 2010
Jeonju , 2010
Lisboa , 2010
Seattle , 2010
Cluj, 2010
Sidney , 2010
Edinburgh , 2010
Shanghai , 2010
Brussels , 2010
a.o.


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