The Baader Meinhof Complex
1NomDirected by Uli Edel
Synopsis
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.
Awards
Details
- Released
- 25 September 2008
- Runtime
- 2h 29m
- Director
- Uli Edel
- Writers
- Bernd Eichinger, Uli Edel
- Budget
- $19,700,000
- Box office
- $26,937,355
- Countries
- Czech Republic, France, Germany
- Languages
- Arabic, English, German, French, Swedish
- Production
- G.T. Film Production, ARD Degeto, NDR, Dune Films, WDR, BR, Constantin Film, Nouvelles Éditions de Films
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Cast
Martina Gedeck
Moritz Bleibtreu
Johanna Wokalek
Nadja Uhl
Stipe Erceg
Niels-Bruno Schmidt
Vinzenz Kiefer
Simon Licht
Alexandra Maria Lara
Bruno Ganz