The Baader Meinhof Complex
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Release: 2008-09-25
·Runtime: 149m
·★ 7.0
Action
Crime
Drama
History
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Production Companies
G.T. Film Production
ARD Degeto
NDR
Dune Films
WDR
BR
Constantin Film
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Cast
Johanna Wokalek
as Gudrun Ensslin
Daniel Lommatzsch
as Christian Klar
Michael Gwisdek
as Helmut Ensslin
Andreas Tobias
as Manfred Grashof
Christian Näthe
as Jochen
Wolfgang Pregler
as Anstaltsleiter Stammheim
Kirsten Block
as Frau Ponto
Esther Seibt
as Simone - Stefan Austs girlfriend (uncredited)
Vinzenz Kiefer
as Peter-Jürgen Boock
Tom Schilling
as Josef Bachmann
Volker Bruch
as Stefan Aust
Alexander Held
as Siegfried Buback
Bernd Stegemann
as Hanns Martin Schleyer
Johannes Suhm
as Thorwald 'Thorsten' Proll
Michael Schenk
as Anwalt Hagemann
Ralph Kretschmar
as Gruppenmitglied Jens
Moritz Bleibtreu
as Andreas Baader
Stipe Erceg
as Holger Meins
Jan Josef Liefers
as Peter Homann
Hans-Werner Meyer
as Klaus Rainer Röhl
Hubert Mulzer
as Jürgen Ponto
Sandra Borgmann
as Sieglinde Hofmann
Samir Fuchs
as Ägyptischer Fahrer
Bettina Lohmeyer
as Telefonistin
Nadja Uhl
as Brigitte Mohnhaupt
Heino Ferch
as Herolds Assistent
Hannah Herzsprung
as Susanne Albrecht
Britta Hammelstein
as Hanna Krabbe
Nina Eichinger
as Telefonistin Springer Verlag
Joachim Paul Assböck
as Günther Scheicher
Niels-Bruno Schmidt
as Jan Karl Raspe
Jasmin Tabatabai
as Hanne
Susanne Bormann
as Petra 'Peggy' Schoenau
Martin Glade
as Benno Ohnsorg
Sunnyi Melles
as Frau Buddenberg
Jona Mues
as Pranke
Johanna Bönninghaus
as Danae Coulmas (uncredited)
Simon Licht
as Horst Mahler
Alexandra Maria Lara
as Petra Schelm
Bruno Ganz
as Horst Herold
Sebastian Blomberg
as Rudi Dutschke
Peter Schneider
as Gerhard Müller
Annika Kuhl
as Irmgard Möller
Katharina Wackernagel
as Astrid Proll
Anna Thalbach
as Ingrid Schubert
Hannes Wegener
as Willy Peter Stoll
Hans Peter Hallwachs
as Günter von Drenkmann
Rainer Reiners
as Polizist
Martina Gedeck
as Ulrike Meinhof
Thomas Thieme
as Richter Dr. Prinzing
Christian Blümel
as Siegfried Hausner