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The Third Generation (1979)
"Die dritte Generation" (original title)

 -  Comedy | Crime  -  9 September 1980 (USA)
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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... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview:
Harry Baer ...
Rudolf Mann
Hark Bohm ...
Gerhard Gast
Margit Carstensen ...
Petra Vielhaber
Eddie Constantine ...
P. J. Lurz
Jürgen Draeger ...
Hans Vielhaber
Raúl Gimenez ...
Paul
Claus Holm ...
Opa Gast
Günther Kaufmann ...
Franz Walsch
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Edgar Gast
Bulle Ogier ...
Hilde Krieger
Lilo Pempeit ...
Mutter Gast
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Susanne Gast
Volker Spengler ...
August
Y Sa Lo ...
Ilse Hoffmann
Vitus Zeplichal ...
Bernhard von Stein
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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. Released in 1979, largely unavailable until 2004. International kapitalist PJ Lurz's secretary is a gang member, while her Polizeikommissar father-in-law/lover hired Lurz' corporate security force. Written by David Stevens

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Comedy | Crime

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9 September 1980 (USA)  »

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DEM 800,000 (estimated)
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1.66 : 1
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A film projectionist in Hamburg was beaten unconscious while screening this film and a theater in Frankfurt was besiege by youths attempting to use acid to destroy the print. See more »

Quotes

Petra Vielhaber: I'd like to be called Michaela Angela Martinez.
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Eine Komödie in 6 Teilen / um Gesellschaftsspiele / voll Spannung, Erregung und Logik / Grausamkeit und Wahnsinn / ähnlich den Märchen / die man Kindern erzählt / ihr Leben zum Tod ertragen zu helfen. See more »

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References Solaris (1972) See more »

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strange but fascinating
15 April 2010 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

i can't say i really understood this movie but i was gripped. i'd drunk 8 beers before watching and fancied something heavy and wot heavier than Fassbinder i thought. i've read all the reviews of this movie on IMDb and they tell me it's a comedy. i didn't laugh once but Fassbinder really is way above my head in every way, so u may see the comedy that i missed out on. i also read u need to see this movie 2 or 3 times to get it. i think this movie was just too complex for my little brain but i still loved it. Fassbinder's 'fox and his friends' is one of my favourite ever films so i will always be open to a Fassbinder film. i will watch this film again because i really think there is something special going on. i shouldn't have drunk 8 beers before watching this complex work but like i said, i still enjoyed it which i think says something about Fassbinder.


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