

Germany in Autumn
Genres
Overview
Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The movie covers the two month time period during 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the left-wing terrorists known as the RAF-Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Fraction). The businessman had been kidnapped in an effort to secure the release of the orginal leaders of the RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang. When the kidnapping effort and a plane hijacking effort failed, the three most prominent leaders of the RAF, Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jan-Carl Raspe, all committed suicide in prison. It has become an article of faith within the left-wing community that these three were actually murdered by the state.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
123 min
Release Date
1978-03-03
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
28
Vote Average
6.2
Hannelore Hoger
Gabi Teichert
Angela Winkler
Antigone
Vadim Glowna
Freiermuth
Katja Rupé
Franziska Busch
Heinz Bennent
Mitglied des Kommitees
Wolf Biermann
Self
Joachim Bißmeier
TV-Redakteur
Helmut Griem
TV-Redakteur
Dieter Laser
Abgeordneter (TV Aufsichtsgremium)
Manfred Zapatka
Horst Mahler
Self
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Self (uncredited)
Mario Adorf
TV committee member (uncredited)
Margarethe von Trotta
Self (uncredited)
Caroline Chaniolleau
Hans Peter Cloos
Otto Friebel
Hildegard Friese
Michael Gahr
Petra Kiener
Lisi Mangold
Eva Meier
Enno Patalas
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