The Third Generation
Die dritte Generation
Release: 1979-05-30
·Runtime: 110m
·★ 5.9
Comedy
Crime
Drama
A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Tango Film
Filmverlag der Autoren
Pro-ject Filmproduktion
Cast
Harry Baer
as Rudolf Mann
Hark Bohm
as Gerhard Gast
Margit Carstensen
as Petra Vielhaber
Eddie Constantine
as P. J. Lurz
Udo Kier
as Edgar Gast
Volker Spengler
as August
Hanna Schygulla
as Susanne Gast
Bulle Ogier
as Hilde Krieger
Günther Kaufmann
as Franz Walsch
Claus Holm
as Opa Gast
Lilo Pempeit
as Mutter Gast
Vitus Zeplichal
as Bernhard von Stein
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peer Raben
as (uncredited)
Crew
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Screenplay
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Producer
Peer Raben
Original Music Composer
Harry Baer
Executive Producer
Volker Spengler
Art Direction
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director of Photography
Harry Baer
Production Manager
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Camera Operator
Alexander Witt
Assistant Camera