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
Nouvelles Éditions de Films
Cast
Martina Gedeck
as Ulrike Meinhof
Moritz Bleibtreu
as Andreas Baader
Johanna Wokalek
as Gudrun Ensslin
Nadja Uhl
as Brigitte Mohnhaupt
Stipe Erceg
as Holger Meins
Niels-Bruno Schmidt
as Jan Karl Raspe
Vinzenz Kiefer
as Peter-Jürgen Boock
Simon Licht
as Horst Mahler
Alexandra Maria Lara
as Petra Schelm
Bruno Ganz
as Horst Herold
Heino Ferch
as Herolds Assistent
Daniel Lommatzsch
as Christian Klar
Sebastian Blomberg
as Rudi Dutschke
Jan Josef Liefers
as Peter Homann
Hannah Herzsprung
as Susanne Albrecht
Tom Schilling
as Josef Bachmann
Hans-Werner Meyer
as Klaus Rainer Röhl
Katharina Wackernagel
as Astrid Proll
Anna Thalbach
as Ingrid Schubert
Volker Bruch
as Stefan Aust
Jasmin Tabatabai
as Hanne
Thomas Thieme
as Richter Dr. Prinzing
Susanne Bormann
as Petra 'Peggy' Schoenau
Michael Gwisdek
as Helmut Ensslin
Hubert Mulzer
as Jürgen Ponto
Alexander Held
as Siegfried Buback
Bernd Stegemann
as Hanns Martin Schleyer
Annika Kuhl
as Irmgard Möller
Sandra Borgmann
as Sieglinde Hofmann
Hannes Wegener
as Willy Peter Stoll
Johannes Suhm
as Thorwald 'Thorsten' Proll
Andreas Tobias
as Manfred Grashof
Britta Hammelstein
as Hanna Krabbe
Christian Blümel
as Siegfried Hausner
Peter Schneider
as Gerhard Müller
Christian Näthe
as Jochen
Martin Glade
as Benno Ohnsorg
Nina Eichinger
as Telefonistin Springer Verlag
Sunnyi Melles
as Frau Buddenberg
Hans Peter Hallwachs
as Günter von Drenkmann
Joachim Paul Assböck
as Günther Scheicher
Samir Fuchs
as Ägyptischer Fahrer
Michael Schenk
as Anwalt Hagemann
Jona Mues
as Pranke
Wolfgang Pregler
as Anstaltsleiter Stammheim
Kirsten Block
as Frau Ponto
Ralph Kretschmar
as Gruppenmitglied Jens
Bettina Lohmeyer
as Telefonistin
Rainer Reiners
as Polizist
Esther Seibt
as Simone - Stefan Austs girlfriend (uncredited)
Johanna Bönninghaus
as Danae Coulmas (uncredited)
Crew
Uli Edel
Screenplay
Stefan Aust
Novel
Bernd Eichinger
Screenplay
Bernd Eichinger
Producer
Alexander Berner
Editor
Uli Edel
Director
Luca Vannella
Hairstylist
Jan Bloemeke
Sound Effects Editor
Ana de Mier y Ortuño
First Assistant Editor
Rainer Klausmann
Director of Photography
Peter Hinderthür
Original Music Composer