Vier gegen die Bank (1976 film)

*Vier gegen die Bank*
Vier gegen die Bank
Based on	The Nixon Recession Caper; by Ralph Maloney
Written by	Wolfgang Menge
Directed by	Wolfgang Petersen
Starring	Harald Leipnitz; Walter Kohut; Günther Neutze; Herbert Bötticher;
Music by	Klaus Doldinger
Country of origin	West Germany
Original language	German
Production
Producer	Peter Märthesheimer
Cinematography	Jörg-Michael Baldenius
Editor	Hannes Nikel
Running time	96 minutes
Production company	Bavaria Film
Original release
Release	December 7, 1976

Vier gegen die Bank is a 1976 German crime comedy television film directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It was adapted from the novel The Nixon Recession Caper by Ralph Maloney^[1] and was produced for the German television station ARD. In 2016 it was remade under the same title for theatrical release.

Plot[edit]

Hartmut Wredel, a respected lawyer, is left unemployed by the recession. At his golf club he discovers that three other members have not paid their membership dues for a while. The men, out-of-work actor Peter Pagodi, fashion designer Benedict Hoffmann, and garage owner Gustav Blümel, have also been hit hard by the recession. Wredel convinces them that a bank robbery is the solution to their problems. They successfully carry out the plan and even escape imprisonment because the police blame the robbery on a separate group of terrorists who were also planning to rob the same bank.

Cast[edit]

Harald Leipnitz as Peter Pagodi
Walter Kohut as Hartmut Wredel
Günther Neutze as Gustav Blümel
Herbert Bötticher as Benedict Hoffmann
Ingrid van Bergen as Uschi Blümel
Christine Schuberth as Gaby Pagodi
Karin Eickelbaum as Angelika Hoffmann
Gitty Djamal as Christa Wredel
Otto Sander as Bankleiter
Hans Schulze as Hauptkommissar Röse
Uwe Dallmeier as Kommissar Ludendorf
Karl-Heinz von Hassel as Gangster Manfred
Hans Dieter Trayer as Kriminalassistent
Joachim Regelien as Erster Komplize
Wolf Richard as Zweiter Komplize
Ulli Chivall as Dritter Komplize
Helmut Alimonta as Kfz-Meister
Leopold Gmeinwieser as Taxifahrer
Horst Pasderski as Feinkosthändler

Production[edit]

The film was shot in and around Munich in July 1976.^[2]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Vier gegen die Bank at IMDb

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[1] ""Vier gegen die Bank" mit Schweiger, Bully, Liefers und Schweighöfer: "Das Boot"-Regisseur Wolfgang Petersen macht wieder einen Film in Deutschland".

[2] "Die Krimihomepage | Fernsehkrimiklassiker | Vier gegen die Bank (1976)".

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