The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Nine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of late 1970s Germany, particularly the two-month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped by the RAF (Red Army Faction). The kidnap had been made to orchestrate the release of the original leaders of the RAF, aka the Baader-Meinhof.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
31 audience votes
Key crew
- Hans Peter CloosDirector
- Maximiliane MainkaDirector
- Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector
- Alexander KlugeDirector
- Beate Mainka-JellinghausDirector
- Alf BrustellinDirector
- Maximiliane MainkaScreenplay
- Peter SteinbachScreenplay
- Alf BrustellinScreenplay
- Katja RupéDirector
- Rainer Werner FassbinderScreenplay
- Volker SchlöndorffScreenplay
- Heinrich BöllScreenplay
- Hans Peter CloosScreenplay
- Beate Mainka-JellinghausScreenplay
- Edgar ReitzScreenplay
- Peter SchubertScreenplay
- Volker SchlöndorffDirector
- Edgar ReitzDirector
- Bernhard SinkelDirector
- Katja RupéScreenplay
- Peter SchubertDirector
- Bernhard SinkelScreenplay
- Alexander KlugeScreenplay
Cast
- Hannelore HogerGabi Teichert
- Angela WinklerAntigone
- Vadim GlownaFreiermuth
- Katja RupéFranziska Busch
- Heinz BennentMitglied des Kommitees
- Wolf BiermannSelf
- Joachim BißmeierTV-Redakteur
- Helmut GriemTV-Redakteur
- Dieter LaserAbgeordneter (TV Aufsichtsgremium)
- Manfred ZapatkaCast
- Horst MahlerSelf
- Rainer Werner FassbinderSelf (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
funeralgermanysocietyconversationwoman directorwest germany