Gladbeck – Dokument einer Geiselnahme

Gladbeck – Dokument einer Geiselnahme

88 mins | Documentary | June 12, 2006

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.

Gladbeck – Dokument einer Geiselnahme

88 mins | Documentary | June 12, 2006

Gladbeck – Dokument einer Geiselnahme
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.
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Original title Gladbeck – Dokument einer Geiselnahme
Directors Michael Gramberg
Writers Gudrun Wolter, Michael Gramberg

Cast

Dieter Degowski

as Himself/Bank robber

Hans-Jürgen Rösner

as Himself/Bank robber

Herbert Schnoor

as Himself/Politician

Rainer Fromm

as Himself/Journalist

Silke Bischoff

as Herself/Hostage

Wolfgang H. Schöning

as Himself/Bank executive DB

Eckhard Mordhorst

as Himself/Police inspector

Ines Falk

as Herself/Hostage

Marion Löblich

as Herself/ Rösner's girlfriend

Udo Röbel

as Himself/Reporter

Bernd Meyer

as Himself/Minister of interior Bremen

Gert Heidenreich

as Narrator