Der Panzerknacker

He committed most of his hold-ups during temporary releases from prison. Otto Schäfer has never shunned risk, which has landed him in the slammer for ten years straight now. He tells his story in broad Hessian dialect: how his work as an investment consultant bored him, how he got a job as a bouncer that was his passage into criminal circles, how he and his gangsters planned and carried out one spectacular robbery after another. Only a few photos show the real Schäfer, whereas his clever raids are elaborately reenacted. This dangerous criminal’s slyness and chutzpah tend to make you smile, but high speed camera freeze frames of his armored car heists always bring back the horror of his felonies.