Overview: Two robbers hold up a bank and its employees demanding 3 million marks for their ransom. The police plot to storm the bank but are unaware the robbers have an accomplice on the outside, anticipating their every move.

Genre master Dominik Graf specialized in crime films and The Cat is one of his greatest. A heist film of the highest order, it grabs you from its opening scenes and doesn’t let go.

Winner of Best Direction at the German Film Awards, The Cat is an undiscovered treasure and Radiance Films is proud to present it on Blu-ray for the first time outside Germany.

Blu-ray Verdict: Düsseldorf, June 16, 1987: Two people are lounging on the bed of a room in the Hotel Nikko. One of them is Probek (Götz George), a wanted criminal, and the other is Jutta Ehser (Gudrun Landgrebe), wife of the branch manager of the credit bank opposite.

Shortly after the secret couple have romped about in the hotel sheets, the very same bank is robbed by Probek’s accomplices Junghein (Heinz Hoenig) and Britz (Ralf Richter). But this crime is no ordinary bank robbery - Probek’s plan is to extort 3 million DM in ransom from the seven hostages present.

The head of the task force responsible, Voss (Joachim Kemmer), naturally tries to thwart this. He soon suspects that Junghein and Britz are not acting alone, but that a third party is pulling the strings from behind the scenes.

With a fast narrative pace that gets straight to the point and complete with a wonderful, twist-filled storyline, The Cat also includes a set of highly convincing characters, especially Götz George, all come together along with some high class camera and editing skills to bring forth a quite gripping, and thrilling drama.

Bonus Features:
High-Definition digital transfer newly graded by Radiance Films and overseen by director Dominik Graf
Interview with Dominik Graf (2024, 62 mins)
Interview with screenwriter Christoph Fromm (2024, 31 mins)
Interview with producer Georg Feil (2024, 31 mins)
Select-scene commentary by Dominik Graf (2024)
Trailer
New English subtitle translation
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

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