The Baader Meinhof Complex 2008

type: Movie

language: German

duration: 150 min

genre: drama

theme: biographical

director: Uli Edel

Score: 6 / 10

The Baader Meinhof Complex (, ) is a 2008 German drama film directed by Uli Edel. Written and produced by Bernd Eichinger, it stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck, and Johanna Wokalek. The film is based on the 1985 German best selling non-fiction book of the same name by Stefan Aust. It retells the story of the early years of the West German far-left terrorist organisation the Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Fraction, or Red Army Faction, a.k.a. RAF) from 1967 to 1977.

Plot

On 2 June 1967, the Shah of Iran visits West Berlin and attends a performance at the Deutsche Oper. Angered at his policies in governing Iran, members of the German student movement protest his appearance. The West Berlin police and the Shah's security team attack the protesters, and unarmed protester Benno Ohnesorg is fatally shot by Officer Karl-Heinz Kurras.

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author	Bernd Eichinger
contentLocation	Berlin
director	Uli Edel
editor	Alexander Berner
events	terrorism
genre	action drama political thriller
keywords	andreas baader armed struggle arrest astrid proll attempted murder attorney general bank robber benno ohnesorg bka bob dylan bomb brigitte mohnhaupt capture christian klar corrections officer criminal profiling depression deutsche oper direct action dresdner bank emotional abuse fascist fatah federal criminal police office german student movement gudrun ensslin hang hanns-martin schleyer hijack holger meins hunger strike irmgard möller jan-carl raspe jordan jürgen ponto karl-heinz kurras kill left wing lufthansa flight 181 middle class military base mohammed reza pahlavi morning murder neo-nazi peter-jurgen boock petra schelm police state police station popular front for the liberation of palestine prison break red army red army faction seize the west german embassy in stockholm shah of iran shot to death sicily siegfried buback siegfried hausner smuggle solitary confinement stab stammheim prison stefan aust suffer suicide bomber susanne albrecht than the think training camp ulrike meinhof united states military violent action voiceover west west berlin west german embassy siege west germany wound young people
musicBy	Peter Hinderthür
nomination	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film European Film Academy Prix d'Excellence European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
producer	Bernd Eichinger
productionCompany	Constantin Film
publisher	Constantin Film Verleih
recordedAt	Berlin Germany Morocco Munich Prague
theme	biographical biographical drama political thriller