As Robby takes care of his little sister, something happens that does not happen: While he wants to buy sweets for her in the supermarket, his sister and his pram are stolen. Robby does not dare to go home and runs away. He lands in the forest and meets the magician Stefan, who is aiming for Robbie’s childhood. And on the bad-tempered robber captain Rüdiger sneaking through the forest with his machete. No wonder Robby is in dire straits in no time. But then he has an idea. He can learn to rob in the forest with Mr. Reuber so he can repulse his sister. Easier said than done, the magician Stefan hits him hard over his ear. But after he has gone into the robber science, he will pay him back! And with his great Reuber friend he has a dangerous accomplice by his side. An obliquely narrated robber gun of a different kind. When Robby takes care of his little sister, what happens is not allowed to happen: While he wants to buy sweets for her in the supermarket, his sister is stolen along with a pram. Robby does not dare to go home and runs away. He lands in the forest and meets the magician Stefan, who is aiming for Robbie’s childhood. And on the bad-tempered robber captain Rüdiger sneaking through the forest with his machete. No wonder Robby is in dire straits in no time. But then he has an idea. He can learn to rob in the forest with Mr. Reuber so he can repulse his sister. Easier said than done, the magician Stefan hits him hard over his ear. But after he has gone into the robber science, he will pay him back! And with his great Reuber friend he has a dangerous accomplice by his side. A diagonally you told robbery pistol of a different kind.

Director commentary by Axel Ranisch:

Heiko has three children, Axel has three nephews. Peter, Dennis, Milenka, almost our entire family has now conceived offspring. Logically, then, that a very specific question was getting louder: “When are you going to make a children’s film?”

So in autumn 2011 we moved to the Brandenburg Forest for a good week. The “Dicke Mädchen” (editor’s note: the first feature film by Axel Ranisch) had not even premiered and so we started according to Fassbinder’s motto “When the new movie comes to the cinemas, the next one must already be distorted” Filming of the second “Sehr gute Filme” called “Reuber“. The story of little Robby, who encounters the magician and robber chief in the forest, was clear to us. The concrete action but we found during the day in warf and evenings with a glass of wine. We shot chronologically, improvised the dialogue, cut the scenes at night, rode the waves of the moment and lived together. in the apartment of the parents of dennis that the completion of “Reuber” lasted two years, is also a bit due to the great success of “Dicke Mädchen“. But such a pleasant delay, you are happy to buy …

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