Baader (2002)

Director:

Christopher Roth

Writers:

Christopher Roth (writer)
Moritz von Uslar (writer)

Release Date:

17 October 2002 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Kidnapping | Terrorism | Movie Theater | Voice Over | Female Nudity

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Can Taylanlar	...	Mario (as Chan Taylanlar)
Frank Giering	...	Andreas
Laura Tonke	...	Gudrun
Hinnerk Schönemann	...	Victor
Sarah Riedel	...	Inga
Angie Ojciec	...	Claudia (as Angie Ojciek)
Bastian Trost	...	Jan
Sebastian Weberstein	...	Erwin
Ludger Blanke	...	Polizist
Birge Schade	...	Ulrike
Wolfgang Riehm	...	Tagesschausprecher
Wolfgang Ritter	...	Vollzugsbeamter
Ellen Schlootz	...	Maria
Andreas Hofer	...	Ziebland
Rudi Knauss	...	SPD Bezirksvorsitzender

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

Germany | UK

Language:

German | English | French | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-13 | Germany:12 | Italy:T

Company:

72 Film

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the scene where the RAF members are filming each other with a Super-8 camera on a roof-top in Paris, the camera model is a Canon 310XL. This camera wasn't introduced until August 1975, but the scene is set in 1969.

Movie Connections:

Features "Tagesschau" (1952)

Where is Ulrike Meinhof?

As far as I knew Baader-Meinhof was some sort of a anarchist group of early 70s. I still think it is like that because the movie did not give me any other information about them. Were they Marxist? If so, were they Maoist, Leninist or else? Well of course, this is not the intention of the movie. The intention is to create a cult around the personality of Baader. Of course The Americans have their bandit heroes like Jessie james, so the Germans had Baader! Baader is also represented as a Steve Mac Queen type of macho guy... But there was ONE MAJOR PROBLEM for the director: Ulrike Meinhof! What are you gonna do with her? After all the gang is named "Baader-Meinhof" and not Baader...So the solution is there: Ignore Ulrike as much as possible. Reduce her to the status of a silly woman who forgets the money bag she steals. And at the end she just disappears like that! And as far as other female figures are concerned, you just show them as weak, cheeky girls who joined the gang because they fell for Baader. Well, this movie really disappointed and angered me because it tells the story of real people who wanted to create (in their own ways) a fair and Just world. But I don't see the same fairness and justice in the way they are represented. I also think that the end of the film is very funny! Why don't you tell straightforwardly that the guy has committed suicide? And what about this Police chief who cries next to him? Who is gonna believe that?....