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Dobermann

  • 1997
  • R
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
19K
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Dobermann (1997)
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Dobermann is the world's most ruthless bank robber and with his gang rob bank after bank, now in Paris. What can the police do but to let the mad, morally bankrupt police commissioner loose ... Read allDobermann is the world's most ruthless bank robber and with his gang rob bank after bank, now in Paris. What can the police do but to let the mad, morally bankrupt police commissioner loose on him?Dobermann is the world's most ruthless bank robber and with his gang rob bank after bank, now in Paris. What can the police do but to let the mad, morally bankrupt police commissioner loose on him?

  • Director
    • Jan Kounen
  • Writer
    • Joël Houssin
  • Stars
    • Vincent Cassel
    • Tchéky Karyo
    • Monica Bellucci
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    19K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jan Kounen
    • Writer
      • Joël Houssin
    • Stars
      • Vincent Cassel
      • Tchéky Karyo
      • Monica Bellucci
    • 93User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Vincent Cassel
    Vincent Cassel
    • Yann Lepentrec dit Le Dob
    Tchéky Karyo
    Tchéky Karyo
    • Commissaire Sauveur Cristini
    Monica Bellucci
    Monica Bellucci
    • Nathalie dit Nat la Gitane
    Antoine Basler
    • Jean-Claude Ayache dit Moustique
    Dominique Bettenfeld
    Dominique Bettenfeld
    • Elie Frossard dit l'Abbé
    Pascal Demolon
    • Inspecteur Lefèvre
    Marc Duret
    Marc Duret
    • Inspecteur Baumann
    Romain Duris
    Romain Duris
    • Manu
    François Levantal
    François Levantal
    • Léo
    Ivan Merat-Barboff
    • Inspecteur David Silverberg
    Stéphane Metzger
    • Olivier Brachet dit Sonia
    Chick Ortega
    • Jacky Sueur dit Pitbull
    Patrick Rocca
    Patrick Rocca
    • Commissaire Clodarec
    Florence Thomassin
    Florence Thomassin
    • Florence
    Roland Amstutz
    Roland Amstutz
    • Oncle Joe, vieux
    Jean Lescot
    Jean Lescot
    • Père Sonia
    Arnaud Arbessier
    • Oncle Joe, jeune
    José Camacho
    • Le père de Dob
    • (as Jo Camacho)
    • Director
      • Jan Kounen
    • Writer
      • Joël Houssin
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    9tenten76

    Violent, nihilistic. But so cool.

    People have compared Dobermann to Tarantino's stuff, but I think it's much more similar to Luc Besson's Leon / crossed with Baz Luhrmann's direction in the opening of Romeo & Juliet.

    Great comic-book angles and poses, larger-than-life characters, comic-book violence, Prodigy soundtrack.. Brilliant stuff.

    Very cool theme, and great CGI opening credits (worth a mention on their own). I couldn't work out why Tcheky Karyo says about 3/4 of his lines in accented English, but who cares.

    It's uncomplicated, violent, stylish mayhem, and it's great.
    juan_not514

    A cult movie

    Dobermann is a movie about losing control. And it is probably the most violent movie one can rent at the videoclub. The violence is raw and both the cops and thieves are psychos.

    A lot of scenes are very strong. Like this one where a cop is eating his sandwich while watching a pimp beating a hooker...

    Don't be fooled by people who say that this movie is a copycat of 'Natural Born Killer'. Such comments are sadly narrow-minded. Dobermann is a chef-d'oeuvre and does not relate to any other movie. It is indeed very stylish and does no try to lecture the spectator.
    5paul2001sw-1

    Bonemeal

    Stylish, violent French thriller about some thoroughly unlikeable lowlife and the equally despicable policemen on their trail. In places, this film is original, funny and genuinely shocking, but there's not really enough here to offset the gun fetish.
    8xuenylomluap

    Nutzoid.

    Crazy and fun and psychotic. Jan Kounen's high-octane Dobermann is a graphic novel come to life. Expertly directed, shot and acted. Every character is pretty much certifiable, and they exist in a world that is truly bats**t crazy.

    Anarchic, and freaking excellent.
    6gridoon

    All style and no substance...

    ...but you more or less could have figured that out if you had taken a look at the film's trailer. What you may not be prepared for is the fact that the first 40 or 50 minutes of the film are surprisingly dull and far from action-packed. Things do pick up in the second half, and by the time we get to the final confrontation between Dobermann and the Nazi cop Christini (arguably the most repugnant cop in the history of movies) the violence finally has the kick that it should have had all along. (**)

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    • Trivia
      Gaspar Noé: man making a doner kebab for Cristini
    • Goofs
      Inspector Christini says his colleagues wouldn't find Mesrine in a noodle pack. He pronounces "Mesrine" with the "s" but this name is pronounced "Merine"
    • Quotes

      Yann Le Pentrec aka Dobermann: [shoving Cristini's head out of the high speed moving car onto the road] Free shave tonight

    • Alternate versions
      Finnish video version is cut by 40 seconds.
    • Connections
      Features Gisèle Kérozène (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Dobermann (Bienvenue dans le chaos)
      Written by Schyzomaniac
      Performed by Brune and Gaze

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    • Release date
      • June 18, 1997 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Доберман
    • Filming locations
      • Canal de l'Ourcq, Paris 19, Paris, France(Night club exteriors)
    • Production companies
      • Canal+
      • France 3 Cinéma
      • La Chauve Souris
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    • Budget
      • FRF 33,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 43m(103 min)
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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