Germany in Autumn (1978)

Name: Germany in Autumn
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 1978
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Hannelore Hoger, Angela Winkler, Vadim Glowna, Katja Rupé, Heinz Bennent

2h 3m Germany

Documentary Drama

Plot

This film eschews a traditional narrative, instead blending documentary elements with cinematic scenes to evoke the atmosphere of late 1970s Germany. It focuses on the tumultuous two-month period in 1977 marked by the kidnapping and eventual murder of a businessman by the leftist group known as the RAF (Red Army Faction). Their aim was to exchange him for the release of their imprisoned leaders, the notorious Baader-Meinhof gang. Following the failure of both the kidnapping and a plane hijacking, the group's key figures—Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jan-Carl Raspe—reportedly took their own lives in prison, fueling speculation within leftist circles that they were actually murdered by the state.

Cast

Hannelore Hoger Angela Winkler Vadim Glowna Katja Rupé Heinz Bennent Wolf Biermann Joachim Bißmeier Helmut Griem Dieter Laser Manfred Zapatka Horst Mahler Rainer Werner Fassbinder Mario Adorf Margarethe von Trotta Caroline Chaniolleau