The Violent and Turbulent 1960's Germany Brought to Life, Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2017. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2016. “She’s a reporter, let her go!” [riot police –from the version with the triple band cover–18 rating], Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2016. This frantically paced tale traces the rise and fall of Germany’s notorious Red Army Faction, a group of radicals who wrought mayhem on postwar Germany over the course of nearly three decades. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he s only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. This film shows how the Baader Meinhof gang rose out of the tumultuous 1960's and got involved in murders, kidnapping, and bombings in the name of social justice, but were tools of higher forces. Sold by Perception Products and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. Excellent movie. Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz, Nadja Uhl, Alessandro Passadore, Bernd Eichinger, Christine Rothe, Manuel Cuotemoc Malle, Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2019. This 2008 historical drama concentrates on the what the press called the Baader-Meinhoff Group, which marked the formative and early years [first generation] of the West German far-left militant group the Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Fraction, or RAF) from 1967 through to the leaderships demise in 1977. "Densely political, virtuously demystifying...", Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2014. I highly recommend this film to viewers who want an insight into what the most violent of the young people of Germany tried to achieve. This is an excellent film that presents a dramatization of historical events in Germany during the 1960's and 1970's. An Intelligent Look at a Social Phenomena, Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2015. Excellent movie. Director Uli Edell provides important details about the reasons for the militancy and the different ways that the Baader-Meinhof militants wrought violent disruption of West German society while tapping into the older generation's unresolved issues from its Nazi past. Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2011. It tells the story about three children of the Second World War who following the attempted murder of a German student named Rudi Dutschke, the killing of a German student named Benno Ohrnesorg, the execution of Argentine physician and author Che Guevara, the assassination of American pastor and activist Martin Luther King and American attorney and politician Robert F. Kennedy, the escalation of U.S. bombings in Vietnam, the German student movement, the Paris student riots, the Northern Ireland civil rights movements` first civil rights march and the same year as Australian author Germaine Greer published a book about second-wave feminism, founded an organization. Excellent movie. Amazon Prime sure features alot of great German movies! Although it runs two and a half hours, you might find yourself wishing for more screen time for the investigator (the great Bruno Ganz) tracking down the gang. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation led by Andreas Baader (Moritz Bleibtreu), Ulrike Meinhof (Martina Gedeck) and Gudrun Ensslin (Johanna Wokalek) are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We had RAF wanted posters in our barracks and what-to-do-if-you-receive-a-bomb threat cards in our wallets, among many other militarily necessary items. It is also an object lesson in the failure of violence as a tool of social change. Reportedly an animated project based on the long-running The Baader Meinhof Complex video game franchise. The film is expertly cast and moves along in a tense, fast-paced fashion. Amazon Prime sure features alot of great German movies! will shed light on these events in a more detailed and careful fashion. We had RAF wanted posters in our barracks and what-to-do-if-you-receive-a-bomb threat cards in our wallets, among many other militarily necessary items. It's an intelligent look at a social phenomena. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. This is not to imply in any way that the film is incorrect or unhelpful. There's a problem loading this menu right now. I hate subtitles as well but this needed the German to be real, Very violent but it needed to be to tell this tale.. Martina Gedeck from "The Lives of Others" is also great in this movie.

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