12 Winter

12 Winter
DVD cover
Written by
  • Thomas Stiller
  • Holger Karsten Schmidt
Directed byThomas Stiller
Starring
Theme music composerPeter Scherer
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
Production
Producers
  • Bettina Brokemper
  • Martin Zimmermann
CinematographyMarc Liesendahl
EditorUlrike Leipold
Running time89 minutes
Original release
Release1 May 2009 (2009-05-01)

12 Winter (German: Zwölf Winter) is a 2009 German television film directed by Thomas Stiller which stars Jürgen Vogel and Axel Prahl.[1] The film was produced by Martin Zimmermann[2] and Bettina Brokemper[3] while the screenplay was written Holger Karsten Schmidt.[1] The film is based on the true story of two bank robbers who robbed a series of small banks throughout Germany.[2] The two were pursued by police for more than 12 years before they were captured in August 2002.[1]

Cast

Awards

  • 2010: Nominated for Adolf Grimme Award in the category of "fiction" [4]
  • 2010: Nominated for German TV thriller price
  • 2010: Won Jupiter Award for "Best TV Film"[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Thomann, Jörg (January 5, 2009). "de:Wer will fleißige Bankräuber sehen?" [Who wants to see a hardworking bank robber?]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Lanwert, Hayke (June 5, 2009). "12 Winter: Intelligentes Hase-und-Igel-Spiel" [12 Winter: Smart hare and tortoise game]. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "PRESSEARCHIV: '12 Winter'" [Press Archive: '12 Winter'] (in German). Film und Media Stiftung NRW. April 28, 2009. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Nominierungen Fiktion 2010" [2010 Nominations for Fiction] (in German). Grimme Institute. Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "Zwei Jupiter für den WDR '12 Winter' und 'Marcel Reich-Ranicki: Mein Leben'" [Two Jupiters for the WDR: '12 Winter' and 'Marcel Reich-Ranicki: My Life'] (in German). Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln. April 21, 2010. Archived from the original on February 28, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2014.