The Baader Meinhof Complex poster
Screenplay Uli Edel, Bernd Eichinger
Director Uli Edel

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Original Title: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex

Release Date: 2008-09-25

Duration: 150 minutes

Synopsis

'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex' depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The story centers on the leadership of the self named anti-fascist resistance to state violence: Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin.

Casting

  • Alexandra Maria Lara
    Petra Schelm
  • Jan Josef Liefers
    Peter Homann
  • Martina Gedeck
    Ulrike Meinhof
  • Bruno Ganz
    Horst Herold
  • Volker Bruch
    Stefan Aust
  • Moritz Bleibtreu
    Andreas Baader
  • Sandra Borgmann
    Sieglinde Hofmann
  • Johanna Wokalek
    Gudrun Ensslin
  • Stipe Erceg
    Holger Meins
  • Sunnyi Melles
    Frau Buddenberg