The myth of becoming rich and wealthy through one single short and quick effort in life - in this case a great bank-robbery - is being displayed perfectly in this film.
Through the eyes of the intelligent and likable mind-master Otto Schäfer(who always planed the robberies in a perfect and polite manner and never wanted to harm people) we discover notions about the idealistic world of life without any financial problems, the adrenalin-kick of robberies nearly practiced like sports, the search for self-fulfillment and the aim to reach standards of a good "decent" life.
Who has not dreamed of becoming rich and not being forced to go to work every morning? Is this dream worth to commit a crime? And does an imprisonment for many years (15,5) "heal" or re-socialize such people?
In a poetic and nearly philosophic way of narration this documentary combines the off-comments of the "tank-buster" who is only visible in photographs of the past with information taken out of interviews with friends, former employers, police-officers, victims and witnesses. Very special: The documentary uses many interesting variations of computer-controlled still-visualizations that make the narration very authentic and traceable.
The spectator understands why Otto Schäfer and his criminal companions had to do what they did and that in fact a lot of people admired them for their "courage" to commit intelligent robberies. Only through an anonymous call they could have been discovered and finally put into jail.
Through the eyes of the intelligent and likable mind-master Otto Schäfer(who always planed the robberies in a perfect and polite manner and never wanted to harm people) we discover notions about the idealistic world of life without any financial problems, the adrenalin-kick of robberies nearly practiced like sports, the search for self-fulfillment and the aim to reach standards of a good "decent" life.
Who has not dreamed of becoming rich and not being forced to go to work every morning? Is this dream worth to commit a crime? And does an imprisonment for many years (15,5) "heal" or re-socialize such people?
In a poetic and nearly philosophic way of narration this documentary combines the off-comments of the "tank-buster" who is only visible in photographs of the past with information taken out of interviews with friends, former employers, police-officers, victims and witnesses. Very special: The documentary uses many interesting variations of computer-controlled still-visualizations that make the narration very authentic and traceable.
The spectator understands why Otto Schäfer and his criminal companions had to do what they did and that in fact a lot of people admired them for their "courage" to commit intelligent robberies. Only through an anonymous call they could have been discovered and finally put into jail.