The Baader-Meinof Complex

THE BAADER-MEINHOF COMPLEX

Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu (Run Lola Run, Munich), Martina Gedeck(The Good Shepherd, The Lives of Others), Johanna Wokalek(Barefoot), Bruno Ganz (Downfall, Youth Without Youth), AlexandraMaria Lara (Downfall, Control) and Nadja Uhl (Summer in Berlin,The Legends of Rita).
Directed by: Uli Edel (Last Exit To Brooklyn)
Genre: Drama
Rating: MA15+
Run time: 150 mins
Release: May 7, 2009 (Sneaks May 1-3 May)

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - 2009 AcademyAwardsOPENING NIGHT- 2009 Festival of German Films

Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the still fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation led by Andreas Baader (Moritz Bleibtreu), Ulrike Meinhof (Martina Gedeck) and Gudrun Ensslin (Johanna Wokalek) are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past.

Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spreadterror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also theirhunter: the head of the German police force, Horst Herold (Bruno Ganz). And while he succeeds inhis relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows hes only dealing with the tip of the iceberg.

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