The Third Generation

The Third Generation

110 mins | Drama, Crime | May 30, 1979

A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government and industry c. 1980, as the third generation of Western European left-wing activists forms, after crippling of the violent Red Army Faction. International capitalist PJ Lurz's secretary is a gang member, while her police commissioner father-in-law/lover hired Lurz' corporate security force.

The Third Generation

110 mins | Drama, Crime | May 30, 1979

The Third Generation
A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government and industry c. 1980, as the third generation of Western European left-wing activists forms, after crippling of the violent Red Army Faction. International capitalist PJ Lurz's secretary is a gang member, while her police commissioner father-in-law/lover hired Lurz' corporate security force.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Filmverlag der Autoren, Tango Film
Original title Die dritte Generation
Directors Diana Elephant, Juliane Lorenz, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Harry Baer

as Rudolf Mann

Hark Bohm

as Gerhard Gast

Margit Carstensen

as Petra Vielhaber

Eddie Constantine

as P. J. Lurz

Jürgen Draeger

as Hans Vielhaber

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

Raúl Gimenez

as Paul

Lilo Pempeit

as Mutter Gast

Y Sa Lo

as Ilse Hoffmann

Vitus Zeplichal

as Bernhard von Stein

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rudi Dutschke

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Juliane Lorenz

as Job Placement Counselor (uncredited)

Peer Raben

as (uncredited)

Karsten Voigt

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)