12 Winter

{{short description|2009 film}}

{{Expand German|topic=culture|date=October 2011|Zwölf Winter}}

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| image = 12Winter2009Cover.jpg

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| caption = DVD cover

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| writer = {{ubl|Thomas Stiller|Holger Karsten Schmidt}}

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| director = Thomas Stiller

| starring = {{ubl|Jürgen Vogel|Axel Prahl}}

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| theme_music_composer = Peter Scherer

| country = Germany

| language = German

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| producer = {{ubl|Bettina Brokemper|Martin Zimmermann}}

| editor = Ulrike Leipold

| cinematography = Marc Liesendahl

| runtime = 89 minutes

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| released = {{Start date|2009|05|01|df=y}}

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12 Winter ({{langx|de|Zwölf Winter}}) is a 2009 German television film directed by Thomas Stiller which stars Jürgen Vogel and Axel Prahl.{{cite news|last=Thomann|first=Jörg|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/fernsehen/juergen-vogel-und-axel-prahl-in-12-winter-wer-will-fleissige-bankraeuber-sehen-1782461.html|title=de:Wer will fleißige Bankräuber sehen?|trans-title=Who wants to see a hardworking bank robber?|language=German|date=January 5, 2009|newspaper=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|access-date=December 16, 2014}} The film was produced by Martin Zimmermann{{cite news|last=Lanwert|first=Hayke|url=https://www.derwesten.de/waz-info/12-winter-intelligentes-hase-und-igel-spiel-id674519.html|title=12 Winter: Intelligentes Hase-und-Igel-Spiel|date=June 5, 2009|language=German|trans-title=12 Winter: Smart hare and tortoise game|newspaper=Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung|access-date=December 16, 2014}} and Bettina Brokemper{{cite web|url=http://www.filmundmediennrw.de/Archiv/presse_archiv.php?we_objectID=2972|title=PRESSEARCHIV: '12 Winter'|language=German|date=April 28, 2009|trans-title=Press Archive: '12 Winter'|publisher=Film und Media Stiftung NRW|access-date=December 16, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093208/http://www.filmundmediennrw.de/Archiv/presse_archiv.php?we_objectID=2972}} while the screenplay was written Holger Karsten Schmidt. The film is based on the true story of two bank robbers who robbed a series of small banks throughout Germany. The two were pursued by police for more than 12 years before they were captured in August 2002.