Movie Details
Original Language:German
Production Companies:WDR
Cast & Crew
M
Michael Gramberg
Screenplay
M
Michael Gramberg
Director
G
Gudrun Wolter
Staff Writer
J
Jörg Fenske
Director of Photography
F
Frank Emonds
Sound
Gladbeck Dokument einer Geiselnahme
Audience Score
DirectorMichael Gramberg
1 hr 28 minDocumentary
Plot
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