Stammheim - Die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe vor Gericht (1986)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Reinhard Hauff

Writer:

Stefan Aust (writer)

Release Date:

30 January 1986 (West Germany)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Outlaw | Radical | Courtroom | Justice

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Ulrich Pleitgen	...	Presiding Judge
Ulrich Tukur	...	Andreas Baader
Therese Affolter	...	Ulrike Meinhof
Sabine Wegner	...	Gudrun Ensslin
Hans Kremer	...	Jan-Carl Raspe
Hans Christian Rudolph	...	Defense Attorney
Peter Danzeisen	...	Defense Attorney
Holger Mahlich	...	Defense Attorney
Marina Wandruszka	...	Defense Attorney
Horst Mendroch
Guenther Flesch		(as Günther Flesch)
Fred Hospowsky
Hans-Michael Rehberg		(as Hans Michael Rehberg)
Angela Buddecke
Dominique Horwitz

Also Known As:

Der Prozeß (West Germany) (working title)
Stammheim (West Germany) (short title)

Runtime:

Germany:107 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Certification:

West Germany:16 (f) | Australia:M | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Hamburg, Germany

Company:

Bioskop Film

Trivia:

As the jury at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival was of different opinions about the controversial movie, jury president Gina Lollobrigida announced under protest that it won the Golden Bear.

Good film

In truth I can hardly remember this picture - I saw it more than fifteen years ago at a film festival. But I remember being pretty impressed with it. It uses a kind of documentary realism to tell the story of the Baader-Meinhof gang in their German prison. It makes you wonder if the State should be able to take care of business in secret for the betterment of society -- in other words, it's a blistering indictment of State-sponsored terrorism. Polished, tight, absorbing and moving, it's well worth a look if you get the chance.