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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.
| Vier gegen die Bank | |
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| Based on | The Nixon Recession Caper by Ralph Maloney |
| Written by | Wolfgang Menge |
| Directed by | Wolfgang Petersen |
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| 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 |
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 planning to rob the same bank.
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