New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- If Money Heist, Ocean's 11 and Dhoom ever needed a European spin-off, this might be it.

While much of Germany was switched off for Christmas, a group of thieves quietly pulled off a meticulously planned bank break-in that has left customers furious, police scrambling - and pop culture comparisons flying. Using the festive lull as cover, the gang drilled through reinforced concrete to access thousands of safe deposit boxes at a branch of Sparkasse in Gelsenkirchen, making off with valuables estimated to be worth at least €10 million.

According to police, the perpetrators drilled through a thick concrete wall to gain access to the bank's vault, targeting several thousand customer deposit boxes rather than cash ...