Army of Thieves

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***Army of Thieves*** is a German-American film directed by Matthias Schweighöfer and written by Shay Hatten. The film was produced by Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder, and Wesley Coller of The Stone Quarry and Matthias Schweighöfer and Dan Maag of Pantaleon Films. The film was released by Netflix.

## Synopsis

*In this prequel to* Army of the Dead*, a mysterious woman recruits bank teller Dieter to assist in the heist of a series of impossible-to-crack safes across Europe.*

--Official Netflix synopsis

## Plot

***An extended plot for Army of Thieves can be found here.***
## Cast

* Matthias Schweighöfer as Sebastian Schlencht-Wöhnert/Ludwig Dieter
* Nathalie Emmanuel as Gwendoline Starr
* Stuart Martin as Brad Cage
* Guz Khan as Rolph
* Ruby O. Fee as Korina Dominguez
* Jonathan Cohen as Vincent Delacroix
* Noémie Nakai as Beatrix
* **Full credits . . . >**

## Production

### Development

September 3, 2020, Netflix announced that the multi-language prequel was in development and to be directed by Matthias Schweighöfer with a screenplay by Shay Hatten. It originally had a working title of *Army of the Dead – Meanwhile in Germany*, but Deborah Snyder later confirmed the final title to be *Army of Thieves*.

### Filming

On October 17, 2020, Zack Snyder announced on Twitter that the movie began filming in the week of October 17 - 24. Snyder listed Peter Simonischek as one of the cast members, though this never came to pass. It's unknown what his role would have been. A number of sites incorrectly listed the Gwendoline's Safe & Lock Co. locksmith as Simonischek, but this character was portrayed by James Cady. On December 22, 2020, he announced on Twitter that the movie had wrapped production.

#### Filming locations

* Prague, Czech Republic
	+ World of Franz Kafka - Premiere Credit des Batignolles exterior (Rheingold heist)
	+ Gallerie Rudolfinum - NPIB Prague and NPIB Prague (small branch) exteriors (Valkyrie heist)
	+ Česká Spořitelna Expat Center - NPIB Prague interior
	+ Old Town - Old Town (Valkyrie heist escape)
* Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic
	+ Esplanade Spa and Golf Resort - The Hill Lux Hotel (Rolph's flashback)
* Hallstatt, Austria - Swiss town (Gwendoline Starr's final escape plan); St. Moritz
	+ Hallstätter See - Escape lake (Swiss town)
* Paris, France - Paris (establishing shots)

## Reception

Over the weekend of its release, *Army of Thieves* was the most viewed movie on Netflix in 77 countries. *Army of the Dead* also trended again on the platform in response to *Army of Thieves'* release.

## Gallery

***An extended Army of Thieves gallery can be found here!***
Army of Thieves - Official Teaser - NetflixNetflix Geeked- Army of Thieves - Comic-Con@Home 2021

## Trivia

* We have a transcript of the film, which can be found here: Army of Thieves/Transcript
* To promote *Army of Thieves* (along with *Red Notice* and *Money Heist*), Matthias Schweighöfer joined Gal Gadot and Luka Peroš for a cross-franchise promotional video.
	+ The promotional short also mentions *Ozark* and *Lupin*, and is presented as if all five franchises take place in the same world.

## External links

* Official Netflix page
* *Army of Thieves* at the Internet Movie Database

## References

1. ↑ Zack Snyder Twitter Announcement
2. ↑ Zack Snyder Twitter Production Announcement