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Twenty-five years after the death of Holger Meins, filmmaker and former student friend of the deceased, Gerd Conradt takes an in-depth look at the helmsman of the Baader-Meinhof gang. Who was Holger Meins? What led him into the underground? What circumstances resulted in his death, a death which made him the declared symbol of the radical opposition in Germany? What remains of his legacy?

Top Cast

  • Harun Farocki

    Harun Farocki

    Self

  • Michael Ballhaus

    Michael Ballhaus

    Self

  • Suzanne Beyeler

    Suzanne Beyeler

    Self

  • Enzio Edschmid

    Enzio Edschmid

    Self

  • Thomas Giefer

    Thomas Giefer

    Self

  • Rainer Langhans

    Rainer Langhans

    Self

  • Peter Lilienthal

    Peter Lilienthal

    Self

  • Wolfgang Petersen

    Wolfgang Petersen

    Self

  • Margrit Schiller

    Margrit Schiller

    Self

Overview

Twenty-five years after the death of Holger Meins, filmmaker and former student friend of the deceased, Gerd Conradt takes an in-depth look at the helmsman of the Baader-Meinhof gang. Who was Holger Meins? What led him into the underground? What circumstances resulted in his death, a death which made him the declared symbol of the radical opposition in Germany? What remains of his legacy?

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