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The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial
6.5 / 10• 1986• 1h 47m•NR• German
DramaHistoryActionCrime
Storyline
Based on the research for his non-fiction book "Der Baader-Meinhoff-Komplex", "Spiegel" journalist Stefan Aust wrote the screen play to Reinhard Hauff’s controversial feature film that re-narrates the startling trial against the RAF terrorists Baader, Meinhoff, Ensslin, and Raspe. The trial that started in May 1975 in the Stammheim maximum-security prison extended over 192 days and ended with a lifetime sentence for all defendants.
Cast & Crew
Ulrich Tukur
Andreas Baader
Lead
Therese Affolter
Ulrike Meinhof
Ulrich Pleitgen
Theodor Prinzing
Hans-Michael Rehberg
Siegfried Buback
Dominique Horwitz
Zeuge
SW
Sabine Wegner
Gudrun Ensslin
Hans Kremer
Jan-Carl Raspe
PD
Peter Danzeisen
Verteidiger
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Reinhard Hauff's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
