Banklady
Beschreibung
Fernsehfilm Deutschland 2012
Hamburg in den frühen 60er Jahren: Gisela Werler ist ein Mauerblümchen, Arbeiterin in einer Tapetenfabrik und mit 30 immer noch ledig. Als sie den Charmeur Hermann Wittorff kennenlernt, verändert sich ihr Leben auf einen Schlag. Zufällig findet sie heraus, dass Hermann und sein Kumpel Uwe Bankräuber sind.
Based on the true story of Gisela Werler, Germany’s first female bank robber, BANKLADY relates the sudden transformation of a shy wallflower into a notorious bank robber in the 1960s.
Gisela Werler is 30, single, works in a wallpaper factory, and lives with her parents in modest circumstances. A humdrum middle-class life, no different than that of countless other young women in West Germany in the 1960s. But she has a dream: Capri. And it finally seems within reach when she meets the charming Hermann, cab driver and bank robber. She falls for him, quick and hard. Begs him to take her with him on his bank heists – and proves to be a gifted, if not quite cold-blooded, robber of her own. It’s the beginning of a notorious new duo, the Bonnie and Clyde of suburban Hamburg. And the start of Gisela Werler’s secret life as the “Banklady”.
Though stylized as a sexy, gun-toting robber queen with bags full of money, Gisela always remains polite and avoids bloodshed. One step behind her is Inspector Fischer, who is relentlessly pursuing the pair. The main danger to Gisela and Hermann, however, is their passionate love affair, which makes them reckless. Throwing caution to the winds, they rob one of the most well-guarded banks in the Hamburg area. But Fischer and his men are close by...
Perfectly blending an authentic cops-and-robbers drama and love story, BANKLADY features a fascinating character who attempts to break out of the narrow, gray world of 1960s Germany and becomes a symbol both of social provocation and of the changing view of the sexes.
Christian Alvart was born in Jugenheim in 1974 and already began developing a fascination and love for cinema and television in his youth. In 1999 he wrote, produced and directed his debut film CURIOSITY & THE CAT. He subsequently developed screenplays for the TV series DER PUMA and WOLFF\'S REVIER, and worked as director, author and co-producer of the multiple award-winning film ANTIBODIES. Alvart directed the Hollywood production CASE 39 with Renée Zellweger and PANDORUM with Dennis Quaid. His other films include: 8 UHR 28 (TV), numerous episodes of the series TATORT, and the feature BANKLADY. He is currently producing SUM1 with Iwan Rheon (GAME OF THRONES) in the lead role.
Zunächst hilft sie ihnen nur bei ihren Raubzügen, doch bald schon ist sie die treibende Kraft. Gisela lässt ihr altes Leben hinter sich, beginnt ein Doppelleben und wird zur mondänen \"Banklady\": In teuren Mänteln und Schuhen, mit Perücke und Sonnenbrille steht sie wieder und wieder an den Bankschaltern und erbeutet – höflich aber bewaffnet – immer mehr Geld.
Schlagzeilenträchtig stilisieren sie die Zeitungen zum Sexsymbol und die ganze Nation rätselt: Wer ist diese Frau? Aber auch die Ermittler Fischer und Kaminski sind ihr auf den Fersen. Gisela riskiert immer mehr für ihr neues, aufregendes Leben, für die Freiheit und ihre Liebe zu Hermann.
