The Baader Meinhof complex

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 radicalized children of the Nazi generation, led by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, and Gudrun Ensslin, are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism. The man who understands them is also their hunter, the head of the German police force, Horst Herold.

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DVD; WIDESCREEN, ASPECT RATIO 1.85.

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ENGLISH SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.

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Director Uli Edel teams with screenwriter Bernd Eichinger to explore a dark period in German history with this drama detailing the rise and fall of the Red Army Faction, a left-wing terrorist organization that became increasingly active following World War II. Also known as the Baader-Meinhof Group, the Red Army Faction was formed by the radicalized children of the Nazi generation with the intended goal of battling Western imperialism and the West German establishment. Adapted from author Stefan Aust's definitive account of the group that resorted to killing innocent civilians in the name of democracy and justice, The Baader Meinhof Complex stars Moritz Bleibtreu as Andreas Baader and Martina Gedeck as Ulrike Meinhof. Bruno Ganz co-stars as Horst Herold, the head of the German police force faced with the task of bringing the Red Army Faction to justice. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Incensed at alleged governmental fascism, a group of left-wing domestic terrorists known as the Red Army Faction beginning in the late 1960s mounted a decades-long urban guerrilla campaign of robberies, kidnappings, bombings, and assassinations targeting the German establishment. Director Uli Edel captures the operational methodology and internecine tension of these mostly middle-class radicals in a propulsive docudrama that shines a light without passing judgment in this thinking person's political thriller. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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