Germany in Autumn (1978)
Deutschland im Herbst (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Wolfgang Bächler
	Heinz Bennent	...	TV committee member
	Wolf Biermann	...	Himself
	Joachim Bißmeier
	Caroline Chaniolleau
	Hans Peter Cloos	...	Foreigner
	Otto Friebel
	Hildegard Friese
	Michael Gahr
	Vadim Glowna	...	Freiermuth
	Helmut Griem	...	Mahler's interviewer
	Hannelore Hoger	...	Gabi Teichert
	Petra Kiener
	Dieter Laser	...	TV committee member
	Horst Mahler	...	Himself

Storyline

Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The movie covers the two month time period during 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the left-wing terrorists known as the RAF-Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction). The businessman had been kidnapped in an effort to secure the release of the orginal 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 Enslin, and Jean-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 movie has several vignettes, including an extended set of scenes with... Written by Richard Huffman <lazerfred@wolfenet.com>  

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