When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and… Read more
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The Baader Meinhof Complex
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Movie · Action · Crime · R
2008 · 2h 29m · ★ 60% (64K)
Director: Uli Edel
Starring: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek
Overview
When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state.
Director
Uli Edel
Production
G.T. Film Production, ARD Degeto, NDR, Dune Films, WDR, BR
Cast
Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Stipe Erceg, Niels-Bruno Schmidt, Vinzenz Kiefer, Simon Licht, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Heino Ferch, Daniel Lommatzsch, Sebastian Blomberg, Jan Josef Liefers, Hannah Herzsprung, Tom Schilling, Hans-Werner Meyer, Katharina Wackernagel, Anna Thalbach, Volker Bruch