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The Baader Meinhof Complex

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.

Top Cast

  • Martina Gedeck

    Martina Gedeck

    Ulrike Meinhof

  • Moritz Bleibtreu

    Moritz Bleibtreu

    Andreas Baader

  • Johanna Wokalek

    Johanna Wokalek

    Gudrun Ensslin

  • Nadja Uhl

    Nadja Uhl

    Brigitte Mohnhaupt

  • Stipe Erceg

    Stipe Erceg

    Holger Meins

  • Niels-Bruno Schmidt

    Niels-Bruno Schmidt

    Jan Karl Raspe

  • Vinzenz Kiefer

    Vinzenz Kiefer

    Peter-Jürgen Boock

  • Simon Licht

    Simon Licht

    Horst Mahler

  • Alexandra Maria Lara

    Alexandra Maria Lara

    Petra Schelm

Overview

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.

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