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The Baader Meinhof Complex
7.0 / 10• 2008• 2h 29m•R• German
ActionCrimeDramaHistoryThriller
Storyline
When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state.
Cast & Crew
Martina Gedeck
Ulrike Meinhof
Lead
Moritz Bleibtreu
Andreas Baader
Johanna Wokalek
Gudrun Ensslin
Nadja Uhl
Brigitte Mohnhaupt
Stipe Erceg
Holger Meins
Niels-Bruno Schmidt
Jan Karl Raspe
Vinzenz Kiefer
Peter-Jürgen Boock
Simon Licht
Horst Mahler
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Uli Edel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Baader Meinhof Complex is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
