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Federal Bank Heist

Federal Bank Heist

20116.31h 41m

Overview

"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.

Directed by Marcos Paulo
Written by Lucio Manfredi, Rene Belmonte
Produced by Walkiria Barbosa, Marcos Didonet, Vilma Lustosa
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Top Cast

Milhem Cortaz

Milhem Cortaz

Barão

Eriberto Leão

Eriberto Leão

Mineiro

Hermila Guedes

Hermila Guedes

Carla

Lima Duarte

Lima Duarte

Delegado Amorim

Giulia Gam

Giulia Gam

Telma Monteiro

Tonico Pereira

Tonico Pereira

Doutor

Gero Camilo

Gero Camilo

Tatu

Vinícius de Oliveira

Vinícius de Oliveira

Denivaldo

Heitor Martinez

Heitor Martinez

Léo

Cadu Fávero

Cadu Fávero

Firmino

Themes & Keywords

tauntingspeculativecuriousshockingabsurdamusedaudaciousawestruckeuphoricexuberant

About Federal Bank Heist

Federal Bank Heist is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 2011 exploring themes of taunting, speculative, curious, shocking, absurd, amused. Directed by Marcos Paulo, it stars Milhem Cortaz, Eriberto Leão, Hermila Guedes. "The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.

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