The Baader Meinhof complex

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Title:

The Baader Meinhof complex

Author:

Eichinger, Bernd, screenwriter, producer.

Edition:

2-disc special edition.

Publication Information:

[Orland Park, Ill.] : MPI Home Video, 2010.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (149 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Germany 1967: murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism, and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the still-fragile German democracy. The radicalized children of the Nazi generation, led by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, and Gudrun Ensslin, are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism. The man who understands them is also their hunter, the head of the German police force, Horst Herold.

General Note:

Based on the book and in consultation with Stefan Aust.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.

Bonus features: Disc 1. The making of The Baader Meinhof complex. Disc 2. The actors on their roles; Scoring Baader; On authenticity; Behind the scenes; Interview with author Stefan Aust; Interview with writer-producer Bernd Eichinger.

Language:

German

Contents:

Disc 1: Feature film -- Disc 2: Bonus features.

Reading Level:

Rating: R; for strong bloody violence, disturbing images, sexual content, graphic nudity and language.

Corporate Subject:

Rote Armee Fraktion -- Drama.

Subject Term:

Terrorists -- Germany (West) -- Drama.

Radicalism -- Germany (West) -- Drama.

Communists -- Germany (West) -- Drama.