The Baader Meinhof Complex

The Baader Meinhof Complex

150 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller, History | Sept. 25, 2008

'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex' depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The story centers on the leadership of the self named anti-fascist resistance to state violence: Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin.

The Baader Meinhof Complex

150 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller, History | Sept. 25, 2008

The Baader Meinhof Complex
'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex' depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The story centers on the leadership of the self named anti-fascist resistance to state violence: Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Constantin Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF), Degeto Film, NDR, Dune Films, G.T. Film Production
Original title Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Directors Uli Edel
Writers Stefan Aust, Uli Edel, Bernd Eichinger

Cast

Martina Gedeck

as Ulrike Meinhof

Moritz Bleibtreu

as Andreas Baader

Johanna Wokalek

as Gudrun Ensslin

Nadja Uhl

as Brigitte Mohnhaupt

Stipe Erceg

as Holger Meins

Niels-Bruno Schmidt

as Jan Karl Raspe

Vinzenz Kiefer

as Peter-Jürgen Boock

Simon Licht

as Horst Mahler

Alexandra Maria Lara

as Petra Schelm

Bruno Ganz

as Horst Herold

Heino Ferch

as Herolds Assistent

Daniel Lommatzsch

as Christian Klar

Sebastian Blomberg

as Rudi Dutschke

Jan Josef Liefers

as Peter Homann

Hannah Herzsprung

as Susanne Albrecht

Tom Schilling

as Josef Bachmann

Hans-Werner Meyer

as Klaus Rainer Röhl

Katharina Wackernagel

as Astrid Proll

Anna Thalbach

as Ingrid Schubert

Volker Bruch

as Stefan Aust

Jasmin Tabatabai

as Hanne

Thomas Thieme

as Richter Dr. Prinzing

Susanne Bormann

as Petra 'Peggy' Schoenau

Michael Gwisdek

as Helmut Ensslin

Hubert Mulzer

as Jürgen Ponto

Alexander Held

as Siegfried Buback

Bernd Stegemann

as Hanns Martin Schleyer

Annika Kuhl

as Irmgard Möller

Sandra Borgmann

as Sieglinde Hofmann

Hannes Wegener

as Willy Peter Stoll

Johannes Suhm

as Thorwald 'Thorsten' Proll

Andreas Tobias

as Manfred Grashof

Britta Hammelstein

as Hanna Krabbe

Christian Blümel

as Siegfried Hausner

Peter Schneider

as Gerhard Müller

Christian Näthe

as Jochen

Martin Glade

as Benno Ohnsorg

Nina Eichinger

as Telefonistin Springer Verlag

Sunnyi Melles

as Frau Buddenberg

Hans Peter Hallwachs

as Günter von Drenkmann

Joachim Paul Assböck

as Günther Scheicher

Samir Fuchs

as Ägyptischer Fahrer

Michael Schenk

as Anwalt Hagemann

Jona Mues

as Pranke

Wolfgang Pregler

as Anstaltsleiter Stammheim

Kirsten Block

as Frau Ponto

Ralph Kretschmar

as Gruppenmitglied Jens

Bettina Lohmeyer

as Telefonistin

Rainer Reiners

as Polizist

Esther Seibt

as Simone - Stefan Austs girlfriend (uncredited)

Johanna Bönninghaus

as Danae Coulmas (uncredited)

Alexandra Rothert

as Peter's girlfriend (uncredited)