Directed by:
Kilian RiedhofScreenplay:
Holger Karsten SchmidtCinematography:
Armin FranzenComposer:
Peter HinderthürCast:
Sascha Alexander Geršak, Marie Rosa Tietjen, Alexander Scheer, Johannes Allmayer, Amelie Kiefer, Zsa Zsa Inci Bürkle, Lilli Fichtner, Vinicio Marchioni (more)Episodes(2)
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On a scorching August day in 1988, two men held up a bank in the town of Gladbeck in the Ruhr Area. As a result of police failures as well as the sensationalism of media which turned the incident into a widely watched event and the violent criminals into celebrities, the situation escalated into a three day long drama during which the robbers drove through several federal republics a killed three people. Based on meticulous research of countless contemporary documents, including television and newspaper coverage and police radio recordings, the gripping miniseries covers all aspects of the event. (Serial Killer)
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A pretty solid, true-to-life retelling of a police chase with bank robbers across West Germany in the 80s. I was into it from start to finish. The Germans, as usual, were meticulously precise, sticking to the facts, which were already pretty absurd on their own. The only downside is that the runtime felt a bit stretched for just one chase, but honestly, that’s a minor gripe.
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