''Bloody Friday'' (german: Blutiger Freitag) is a 1972

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directed by Rolf Olsen and starring

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, Amadeus August, and Gianni Macchia. It was shot on location in

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and other parts of

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Plot

After escaping from a courtroom during his trial, a major criminal plans the biggest bank robbery every to have taken place in the country.

Main cast

as Heinz Klett * Amadeus August as Christian Hofbauer *Gianni Macchia as Luigi Belloni *

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as Heidi Hofbauer *Ernst H. Hilbich as Ernst Pylobar *

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as Marion Lotzmann *

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as Dagmar Neuss *

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as Walter Lotzmann *Renate Roland as Helga Radtke *

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as Dr. Mayer-Lippe *

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as Franz Muhl *E. O. Fuhrmann as Prosecutor *Ursula Erber as Irmgard Zukunft *

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as Dr. Eminger

Production

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revised the screenplay of the film and is uncredited in the film's credits.

Release

''Bloody Friday'' was released in West Germany where it was distributed by

Gloria Film Gloria Film was a West German film production and distribution company. It was established in 1949 by Ilse Kubaschewski. An earlier, unconnected company of the same name had existed during the silent era in Germany, and had been absorbed into ...

on 8 May 1972. It was distributed in Italy by Alpherat on 6 February 1973 under the title ''Violenza contro violenza''. The film grossed 135,195,000

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on its theatrical release in Italy.

References

External links

* 1972 films 1972 crime films German crime films West German films Italian crime films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Rolf Olsen Films about bank robbery Films about hostage takings Gloria Film films 1970s German films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub