In the mid 90s a group of young friends aged 11-15 stole an enormous amount of beer and soda from freight trains in Trondheim, Norway.
“Train Robbers” is a nostalgic, funny, serious, warm, sad and poetic coming of age documentary about kids that didn’t fit in at school or the football team. This could have been a film about adult men with drug addiction, prison sentences and split families. But it is not. This is a story about the children that had the future ahead of themselves, but society let down.
Original title:
Togrøvere
Director:
Martin A. Walther
Cinematography:
Nils Eilif Bremdal-Vinell
Production:
Spætt Film AS
Music:
André Bratten
Editor:
Fredrik S. Hana
Cast:
Erlend Hansbakken; Isak Melling Lesund; Iver Svenning Brevik; Mathias Holst Iversen; Olliver Våge
Script:
Martin A. Walther
Others:
Casting: Martin A. Walther; Finn Walther; Jon Vatne
Dialogue:
Norwegian
Licensed territory:
Worldwide except Norway
2020
Clermont-Ferrand Int. Short Film Festival
2019
Nordisk Panorama
The Norwegian Documentary FF
Kortfilmfestivalen The Norwegian Short FF
Mo&Friese KinderKurzFilmFestival Hamburg