The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)

Name: The Baader Meinhof Complex
Director: Uli Edel
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Released: 2008-09-25
Duration: 149 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek

2008 · 2h 29m · German · Movie

Action Crime Drama History Thriller

heavy bittersweet high_energy full_attention polarizing

GoodScore

Directed by Uli Edel

Starring Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek

Where to Stream

Amazon Prime Video

Synopsis

When 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.