Global Screen has acquired Christian Alvart’s Bank Lady - the true story of Germany’s first female bank-robber
Global Screen has picked up worldwide distribution rights to Bank Lady, the true story of Germany’s first female bank-robber, who carried out 19 armed robberies in the 1960s.
Produced by Syrreal Entertainment, the feature is directed by Christian Alvart, whose 2005 film Antibodies about a fugitive serial killer sold widely.
Bank Lady tells the story of Gisela Werler, a factory worker from Hamburg, who becomes notorious throughout Germany as a female bank robber. Thanks to the various disguises, wigs and film star sunglasses she wears during her heists, the media portray her as a cunning and sexy bandit. Together with a passionate love affair, Gisela gets reckless, taking ever-greater risks, with police inspector Fisher close on her heels.
”Bank Lady is a perfect blend of authentic cops-and-robbers drama and love story. Catch Me If You Can meets Bonnie and Clyde,” said...
Global Screen has picked up worldwide distribution rights to Bank Lady, the true story of Germany’s first female bank-robber, who carried out 19 armed robberies in the 1960s.
Produced by Syrreal Entertainment, the feature is directed by Christian Alvart, whose 2005 film Antibodies about a fugitive serial killer sold widely.
Bank Lady tells the story of Gisela Werler, a factory worker from Hamburg, who becomes notorious throughout Germany as a female bank robber. Thanks to the various disguises, wigs and film star sunglasses she wears during her heists, the media portray her as a cunning and sexy bandit. Together with a passionate love affair, Gisela gets reckless, taking ever-greater risks, with police inspector Fisher close on her heels.
”Bank Lady is a perfect blend of authentic cops-and-robbers drama and love story. Catch Me If You Can meets Bonnie and Clyde,” said...
- 8/27/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Global Screen Is ‘Bank Lady’s Partner In Crime Worldwide Global Screen has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Bank Lady, the true story of Germany’s first female bank robber. Christian Alvert’s film is produced by Syrreal Entertainment. Gisela Werler, a factory worker from Hamburg, became notorious throughout Germany for carrying out 19 armed robberies in the 1960s. Nadeshda Brennicke, Charly Hübner, Ken Duken and Heinz Hoenig star in the film, which StudioCanal will release in Germany in the spring. ‘Madras Café‘ Pulled From Some Theaters After Protests Bollywood spy thriller Madras Café opened Friday in India but was pulled from some British and Indian cinemas after complaints by Tamil protesters. The movie is set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war and stars John Abraham as an Indian secret agent sent to Sri Lanka during the conflict between the government and separatist Tamil rebels. “Our UK exhibitors,...
- 8/27/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Review by Colleen Wanglund, MoreHorror.com
Antibodies (2005, Germany)
Directed by Christian Alvart
Runtime 127 minutes
German with English subtitles
Written and directed by Christian Alvart (Pandorum {2009}), Antibodies (Antikorper) is a disturbing psychological crime thriller about serial pedophile/child killer Gabriel Engel (Andre Hennicke), who has finally been caught by Federal Agent Seiler (Heinz Hoenig). Seiler is now charged with interrogating Engel, who refuses to talk.
In the small farming village of Herzbach, farmer and part-time police officer Michael Martens (Wotan Wilke Mohring) is wrestling with the unsolved brutal murder of twelve-year-old Lucy. Martens and the rest of the town think Engel was responsible, but there is plenty of tension and doubt to go around. When Engel is captured, Martens goes to the city in the hopes of finding out if he killed Lucy or not. Seiler grants the interview and is surprised to discover that Engel will only talk to Martens.
Antibodies (2005, Germany)
Directed by Christian Alvart
Runtime 127 minutes
German with English subtitles
Written and directed by Christian Alvart (Pandorum {2009}), Antibodies (Antikorper) is a disturbing psychological crime thriller about serial pedophile/child killer Gabriel Engel (Andre Hennicke), who has finally been caught by Federal Agent Seiler (Heinz Hoenig). Seiler is now charged with interrogating Engel, who refuses to talk.
In the small farming village of Herzbach, farmer and part-time police officer Michael Martens (Wotan Wilke Mohring) is wrestling with the unsolved brutal murder of twelve-year-old Lucy. Martens and the rest of the town think Engel was responsible, but there is plenty of tension and doubt to go around. When Engel is captured, Martens goes to the city in the hopes of finding out if he killed Lucy or not. Seiler grants the interview and is surprised to discover that Engel will only talk to Martens.
- 3/16/2013
- by admin
- MoreHorror
In a dramatic and highly physical opener, a Swat team swoops on wanted man Gabriel Engel. Captured after a reign of terror spanning more than six years and thirteen young male victims, it seems as though the cops finally have their man. Meanwhile, cop-cum-farmer, Michael Martens, is continuing to aggravate his townsfolk and further alienate himself by his obsession with the unsolved and brutal murder of a girl in his own village a year and a half ago. Will the capture of Engel bring closure for Martens, or will it in fact be just the beginning of a new and horrifying chapter? One thing’s for sure, Engel will shake Martens’ beliefs to their very foundations.
In one throwaway reference, Antibodies acknowledges the film to which it owes a considerable debt. Though Antibodies lacks the taught class of The Silence of the Lambs, and, indeed, much of the ‘horror,’ it...
In one throwaway reference, Antibodies acknowledges the film to which it owes a considerable debt. Though Antibodies lacks the taught class of The Silence of the Lambs, and, indeed, much of the ‘horror,’ it...
- 4/20/2009
- by Fiona
- Latemag.com/film
This review was written for the theatrical screening of "Antibodies". Films about serial killers have become so ubiquitous that they now form a subgenre of the crime movie. Even so, "Antibodies" (Antikorper), a new German film by Christian Alvart, has a bracingly original take on the matter. Make no mistake, it's a creepy thriller that will unsettle many. Nor will every viewer go along with the writer-director's decision to make a philosophical foray into Catholic theology in light of this battle between good and evil. But Alvart does put the viewer through a gripping experience with a final twist few will see coming.
Hard to imagine this film existing without Thomas Harris' book (and later movie) series about Hannibal Lecter. Indeed, the film acknowledges this debt when its serial killer makes a snide reference to the character. For, like Lecter, Gabriel Engel (Andre Hennicke) is an appalling monster. Captured by police in a slam-bang opening, he immediately confesses to the rape and murder of 13 boys.
Michael Martens (Wotan Wilke Mohring) is an uptight and somewhat priggish part-time cop and farmer in a tight-knit Catholic village where a local girl was brutally murdered. His determined investigation has alienated many townspeople, including his hateful father-in-law. It also has brought a chill to his relations with his wife (Ulrike Krumbiegel) and son (Hauke Diekamp), who is in constant trouble.
Michael travels to the city in hopes of bringing his case to a close. Surprisingly, Engel is quite chatty with the hick cop. He denies killing the girl but mischievously suggests he knows who did. A verbal and psychological cat-and-mouse game between the two ensues that exposes a host of psychosexual issues and an overwhelming sense of guilt within the cop.
A big-city police detective (Heinz Hoenig) encourages Michael's involvement in the case as Gabriel won't open up to any other cop. Alvart pushes his characters - especially Michael - and the situations to extremes, all of which pays off in the final 15 minutes. At times, one feels the heavy hand of fiction. But then, the same was true of "The Silence of the Lambs".
Hard to imagine this film existing without Thomas Harris' book (and later movie) series about Hannibal Lecter. Indeed, the film acknowledges this debt when its serial killer makes a snide reference to the character. For, like Lecter, Gabriel Engel (Andre Hennicke) is an appalling monster. Captured by police in a slam-bang opening, he immediately confesses to the rape and murder of 13 boys.
Michael Martens (Wotan Wilke Mohring) is an uptight and somewhat priggish part-time cop and farmer in a tight-knit Catholic village where a local girl was brutally murdered. His determined investigation has alienated many townspeople, including his hateful father-in-law. It also has brought a chill to his relations with his wife (Ulrike Krumbiegel) and son (Hauke Diekamp), who is in constant trouble.
Michael travels to the city in hopes of bringing his case to a close. Surprisingly, Engel is quite chatty with the hick cop. He denies killing the girl but mischievously suggests he knows who did. A verbal and psychological cat-and-mouse game between the two ensues that exposes a host of psychosexual issues and an overwhelming sense of guilt within the cop.
A big-city police detective (Heinz Hoenig) encourages Michael's involvement in the case as Gabriel won't open up to any other cop. Alvart pushes his characters - especially Michael - and the situations to extremes, all of which pays off in the final 15 minutes. At times, one feels the heavy hand of fiction. But then, the same was true of "The Silence of the Lambs".
- 11/9/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Films about serial killers have become so ubiquitous that they now form a subgenre of the crime movie. Even so, "Antibodies" (Antikorper), a new German film by Christian Alvart, has a bracingly original take on the matter. Make no mistake, it's a creepy thriller that will unsettle many. Nor will every viewer go along with the writer-director's decision to make a philosophical foray into Catholic theology in light of this battle between good and evil. But Alvart does put the viewer through a gripping experience with a final twist few will see coming.
Hard to imagine this film existing without Thomas Harris' book (and later movie) series about Hannibal Lecter. Indeed, the film acknowledges this debt when its serial killer makes a snide reference to the character. For, like Lecter, Gabriel Engel (Andre Hennicke) is an appalling monster. Captured by police in a slam-bang opening, he immediately confesses to the rape and murder of 13 boys.
Michael Martens (Wotan Wilke Mohring) is an uptight and somewhat priggish part-time cop and farmer in a tight-knit Catholic village where a local girl was brutally murdered. His determined investigation has alienated many townspeople, including his hateful father-in-law. It also has brought a chill to his relations with his wife (Ulrike Krumbiegel) and son (Hauke Diekamp), who is in constant trouble.
Michael travels to the city in hopes of bringing his case to a close. Surprisingly, Engel is quite chatty with the hick cop. He denies killing the girl but mischievously suggests he knows who did. A verbal and psychological cat-and-mouse game between the two ensues that exposes a host of psychosexual issues and an overwhelming sense of guilt within the cop.
A big-city police detective (Heinz Hoenig) encourages Michael's involvement in the case as Gabriel won't open up to any other cop. Alvart pushes his characters -- especially Michael -- and the situations to extremes, all of which pays off in the final 15 minutes. At times, one feels the heavy hand of fiction. But then, the same was true of "The Silence of the Lambs".
Hard to imagine this film existing without Thomas Harris' book (and later movie) series about Hannibal Lecter. Indeed, the film acknowledges this debt when its serial killer makes a snide reference to the character. For, like Lecter, Gabriel Engel (Andre Hennicke) is an appalling monster. Captured by police in a slam-bang opening, he immediately confesses to the rape and murder of 13 boys.
Michael Martens (Wotan Wilke Mohring) is an uptight and somewhat priggish part-time cop and farmer in a tight-knit Catholic village where a local girl was brutally murdered. His determined investigation has alienated many townspeople, including his hateful father-in-law. It also has brought a chill to his relations with his wife (Ulrike Krumbiegel) and son (Hauke Diekamp), who is in constant trouble.
Michael travels to the city in hopes of bringing his case to a close. Surprisingly, Engel is quite chatty with the hick cop. He denies killing the girl but mischievously suggests he knows who did. A verbal and psychological cat-and-mouse game between the two ensues that exposes a host of psychosexual issues and an overwhelming sense of guilt within the cop.
A big-city police detective (Heinz Hoenig) encourages Michael's involvement in the case as Gabriel won't open up to any other cop. Alvart pushes his characters -- especially Michael -- and the situations to extremes, all of which pays off in the final 15 minutes. At times, one feels the heavy hand of fiction. But then, the same was true of "The Silence of the Lambs".
- 11/8/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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