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Gladbeck – Dokument einer Geiselnahme
60%
Movie
1h 28m
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Story & themes: 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… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~88 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Gladbeck – Dokument einer Geiselnahme 60% (2 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2006-06-12
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- TMDB rating
- 6.0
- TMDB ID
- 434995
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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 a... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Cast
- D
Dieter Degowski
Himself/Bank robber

Hans-Jürgen Rösner
Himself/Bank robber
- H
Herbert Schnoor
Himself/Politician
- R
Rainer Fromm
Himself/Journalist

Silke Bischoff
Herself/Hostage
- W
Wolfgang H. Schöning
Himself/Bank executive DB
- E
Eckhard Mordhorst
Himself/Police inspector
- I
Ines Falk
Herself/Hostage
- M
Marion Löblich
Herself/ Rösner's girlfriend
- U
Udo Röbel
Himself/Reporter
- B
Bernd Meyer
Himself/Minister of interior Bremen
- G
Gert Heidenreich
Narrator
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