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Germany in Autumn (1978)
123 min | Documentary, Drama

Germany in Autumn (1978)

123 min | Documentary, Drama

Germany in Autumn has no typical plot; it mixes documentary footage with standard movie scenes to present the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The film covers 2 months in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped and murdered by the ...See moreGermany in Autumn has no typical plot; it mixes documentary footage with standard movie scenes to present the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The film covers 2 months in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped and murdered by the left-wing terrorists known as the RAF-Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction). The businessman was kidnapped in an effort to secure the release of the original leaders of the RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang. When the kidnapping effort and a plane hijacking effort failed, the three most prominent leaders of the RAF, Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jan-Carl Raspe, all committed suicide in prison. It has become an article of faith within the left-wing community that these three were actually murdered by the state. The film has several vignettes, including an extended set of scenes with famous director Rainer Werner Fassbinder discussing his feelings about Germany's political situation at the time. Fassbinder's scenes almost seem to be candid documentary footage, but they aren't. Other scenes include documentary footage of the joint funeral of Baader, Enslin, and Raspe. Written by Richard Huffman See less

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55 cast members

Name	Known for
Wolfgang Bächler Self (as Wolfgang Baechler) Self (as Wolfgang Baechler) See fewer	Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness (1979)
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Wolf Biermann Self Self See fewer	Born in '45 (1990)
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Otto Friebel Self - TV-Aufsichtsgremium Self - TV-Aufsichtsgremium See fewer	Mordkommission (1973)
Hildegard Friese Self Self See fewer	Der Dritte (1972)
Michael Gahr Self - TV committee Self - TV committee See fewer	Verbotene Liebe (1995)
Vadim Glowna Self - Freiermuth Self - Freiermuth See fewer	Cross of Iron (1977)
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Petra Kiener Self Self See fewer	Zero Hour (1977)
Dieter Laser Self - Abgeordneter (TV Aufsichtsgremium) Self - Abgeordneter (TV Aufsichtsgremium) See fewer	The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
Horst Mahler Self Self See fewer	Die RAF (2007)
Lisi Mangold Self Self See fewer	The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Armin Meier Self (as Amin Meier) Self (as Amin Meier) See fewer	Flaming Hearts (1978)
Eva Meier Self Self See fewer	A Free Woman (1972)
Enno Patalas Self - TV committee member Self - TV committee member See fewer	Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Franz Priegel Self Self See fewer	Germany in Autumn (1978)
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Leon Rainer Self Self See fewer	Lost Horizon (2010)
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Gerhard Schneider Self Self See fewer	Germany in Autumn (1978)
Corinna Spies Self Self See fewer	Alpha Forum (1998)
Eric Vilgertshofer Self Self See fewer	Germany in Autumn (1978)
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Angela Winkler Self - Antigone Self - Antigone See fewer	Suspiria (I) (2018)
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Otto Schily Self (scenes deleted) Self (scenes deleted) See fewer	TTT (1967)
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Joey Buschmann Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Slow Attack (1980)
Horst Ehmke Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Tagesschau (1952)
Christiane Ensslin Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Fox and His Friends (1975)
Hans Filbinger Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Pro & Contra (1968)
Max Frisch Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	SOS Glacier Pilot (1959)
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Hannelore Kohl Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Verkehrsgericht (1983)
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Lilo Pempeit Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
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