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The Robber
2010 1h 36m Not Rated
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A story based on Johann Rettenberger, an Austrian marathon runner and a bank robber.
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Directed By
Benjamin Heisenberg
Written By
Martin Prinz
,
Benjamin Heisenberg
Studio
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
Cast of The Robber
Andreas Lust
Johann Rettenberger
Michael Welz
Kommissar Welz
Franziska Weisz
Erika
Florian Wotruba
Markus Kreczi
Johann Bednar
Kommissar Lukas
Markus Schleinzer
Bewährungsbeamter
Peter Vilnai
Alter Mann
Max Edelbacher
Kommissar Seidl
The Robber Reviews
Boston Globe
Janice Page
Armed with a screenplay adapted from a Martin Prinz novel based on a true story, writer-director Benjamin Heisenberg has crafted something as serious, quietly determined, and surprisingly compelling as his criminal protagonist.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
"The Robber" is one of the most abstemious thrillers in recent memory.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Benjamin Heisenberg's thriller ends with a chase across highways and through woods that will give viewers adrenaline highs of their own.
Seattle Times
Ted Fry
This story of real-life Austrian criminal Johann Kastenberger is both tranquil and gripping.
New York Times
Mike Hale
The rare mash-up of genre material - in this case kinetic, on-the-run caper - and art-house sensibility that's actually enjoyable, up to a point.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Calvin Wilson
"The Robber" is artfully done but emotionally remote.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Here is a well-made movie with insufficient interest in its hero.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
The Robber is powerful stuff.
Los Angeles Times
Sheri Linden
A film as lean and taut as its marathon-winning title character.
AV Club
Noel Murray
To make a protagonist this blank engaging, a filmmaker needs the artistry of Jean-Pierre Melville, or the kineticism of William Friedkin. The Robber's writer-director, Benjamin Heisenberg, has neither.
Slant Magazine
Aaron Cutler
The Robber's race to mediocrity ends with a dying phone call, which among other things is the death of inspiration.
Village Voice
Melissa Anderson
A nimble, dynamic character study of a fiercely guarded loner on the run.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
... the remarkable story of an amazing enigma of a man who gives you no reason to be sympatric toward him but you do, in the end, anyway.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
Even if you think you don't like foreign-language films, I bet you'll like this one.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
This may be the first art house film that's literally fashioned as a 'roller coaster ride.'
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
A cold but oddly fascinating piece of work, it contains some of the best chase sequences in recent memory.
NewsBlaze
Prairie Miller
The action is breathlessly dazzling. Though re-setting the real life story in the generic present likely robbed this pungent tale of its original meaty context. Unlike say, Katheryn Bigelow's 1991 more subversive surfer to stickup spin, Point Break.
Compuserve
Harvey S. Karten
A compelling drama about a bank robber who steals because of a psychological compulsion rather for a love of money.
Film Journal International
Daniel Eagan
A long slog to a poor payoff.
Boston Phoenix
Peter Keough
With his taut rhythms, poetic imagery, and assaultive action, Heisenberg transforms the thrills of the genre into an existential fable worthy of Camus.
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