The Baader Meinhof Complex
Directed by Uli Edel
Starring Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Stipe Erceg, Niels-Bruno Schmidt, Vinzenz Kiefer, Simon Licht, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz
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AngryWhen 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.
- Original title
- Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
- Original language
- German
- Screenplay
- Bernd Eichinger, Uli Edel, Stefan Aust
- Music
- Peter Hinderthür, Florian Tessloff
- Cinematography
- Rainer Klausmann
- Cast
- Nadja Uhl, Stipe Erceg, Niels-Bruno Schmidt, Vinzenz Kiefer, Simon Licht, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Heino Ferch, Daniel Lommatzsch
Updated July 22, 2026
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