Crooks Hans Georg Pauler and Ulrich Raffcyk raid a savings bank branch in a Hamburg suburb at eight in the morning and take bank employees Anna Klages and Kirstin Bauer hostage. The police initially play for time; more and more people, including reporters, turn up. Pauler and Raffcyk very quickly realize that they can exert pressure on the police via the media and the public. Their demands, half a million marks and a fast getaway car, are met after Pauler is identified and his criminal record shows him to be an unscrupulous character. After fourteen hours, the bank robbers leave the bank unmolested with the extorted money and begin their getaway. Supplied with beer and stimulants, they head for Münster, where Raffcyk's brother lives - a journey with an uncertain outcome for the two hostages.
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Richy Müller
Hans-Georg Pauler
Known for
xXx
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Jürgen Vogel
Ulrich Raffcyk
Known for
The Wave
Stereo
Katja Flint
Anna Klages
Known for
The White Masai
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Torsten Buchsteiner
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Uwe Fellensiek
Raffcyks Bruder
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Ulrike Kriener
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Known for
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Walter Kreye
Einsatzleiter Josef Karras
Known for
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Old Agent Men
Joachim Millies
Autovermieter
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Küstenwache
Stefan Kurt
Jürgen Klages
Known for
Furia
My Führer
Catrin Striebeck
Edith Pauler
Known for
Head-On
You Are Wanted
Oliver Stritzel
Filialleiter Lengsfeld
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Das Boot
Das Boot
Ulrich Wiggers
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Also in
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Bernd Schadewald Director · Diethard Prengel Cinematographer Carl Finkbeiner Cinematographer
First release March 19, 1999 · Produced in Germany · Production Colon Filmproduktion, ZDF
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ARTE
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Colon Filmproduktion
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ZDF
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Germany
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · March 19, 1999
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