The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Baader Meinhof Complex German Der Baader Meinhof Komplex is a 2008 German film by Uli Edel. Written and produced by Bernd Eichinger, it stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck, and Johanna Wokalek. The film is based on the 1985 German best selling nonfiction book of the same name by Stefan Aust. It retells the story of the early years of the West German farleft militant group the Rote Armee Fraktion Red Army Faction, or RAF from 1967 to 1977.
In 1967, the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, visits West Berlin to attend a performance at the Deutsche Oper. Angered at the Shahs repressive policies in governing Iran, a number of young Germans show up to protest his appearance. The German police and the Shahs forces attack the German protesters and one of them, Benno Ohnesorg, is shot and killed without provocation by KarlHeinz Kurras.The murder outrages many Germans, including left wing journalist Ulrike Meinhof, who had earlier written articles critical of the Shah. Inspired by Meinhofs outspoken criticism of the government, Gudrun Ensslin leaves her common law husband and child. Together with her new lover, Andreas Baader, and two others she carries out a fire bombing of a department store in Frankfurt am Main. The group is caught and put on trial where they are represented by attorney Horst Mahler, who shares their political beliefs. Ulrike Meinhof covers the trial and is impressed by the groups dedication to revolutionary principles as well as the change which they have brought about within their own lives. Meinhof secures an interview with Ensslin in prison, where the two strike up a friendship. ........
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