Aage M.

AAGE M. is crime comedy based on the life of Aage Meinesz, better known as Aage M., a famous safebreaker in The Netherlands in the ‘70s.

There was practically no safe he couldn’t break. Using a thermic lance, a red-hot iron bar that would melt even the thickest metal, he seized millions. He became very popular with the public because he never used violence and only robbed big companies and banks, leaving the ordinary people’s possessions untouched.

M. was born on June 19, 1942 of good family. When times got rough financially, he started safebreaking to be able to continue his exuberant lifestyle. In the end he got caught, but he managed to escape in 1974, and started a relationship with a female police officer who even gave him shelter in her own home. This is where he wrote his book “My nights with the thermic lance”.

Finally having done his time, in an interview with Dutch tv host Willem Duys he tells the public all about his former ‘work’, and promises to break with his criminal past. However, after gambling away large amounts of money, he picks up the old trade and spends time in jail every now and then.