Baader (2002)

Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. In Berlin, he is recruited by a revolutionary cell. They plan to overthrow the state.

Director:

Christopher Roth

Writers:

Christopher Roth, Moritz von Uslar

Stars:

Frank Giering, Laura Tonke, Vadim Glowna

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

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

Storyline

Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. In Berlin, he is recruited by a revolutionary cell. They plan to overthrow the state.

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Plot Keywords:

red army faction | german politics | reference to the ten commandments | surname as title | leftist | 

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Genres:

Action | Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) is a fictionalization of the real life events that were also the basis for Germany in Autumn (1978), Black Box BRD (2001), Stammheim - The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial (1986), A German Youth (2015), Starbuck Holger Meins (2002), Baader-Meinhof: In Love with Terror (2002), Andreas Baader - Der Staatsfeind (2002), Ulrike Marie Meinhof (1995), World in Action: Prisoner of Terrorism (1978), Deutsche Lebensläufe: Ulrike Meinhof (2007) and were strongly related with Wildentiere (1969), Gudrun Ensslin - the early years (1968), Den fjärde mannen (2014), Children of the Revolution (2010), Sekigun-P.F.L.P: Sekai sensô sengen (1971) and present in the storylines of Long Shadows (2008), The Worst Thing (2019) and Joschka und Herr Fischer (2011).

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Goofs

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.

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Connections

Features Tagesschau (1952)

User Reviews

nice fiction

I was disappointed by this movie, maybe because i had the wrong expectations.

My expection was to have a portrait about the person "Andi Baader", maybe how and why he became what he was. But it seems more like drifting away from the historical happenings into an "0815-gangster-movie"... including "a peaceful meeting of the opponents" (the meeting Krone - Baader during night on the road!) the death of Baader is so far away from reality... more in an idealistic gun-hero image "alone against the world" ...the abduction and assassination of Martin Schleyer is missing, too. Baader is an political thriller playing in a moving period of German history, using Names of real RAF-Members, but not displaying it in a historical "retrospective", but in a fictional story

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany]

Country:

Germany UK

Language:

German English French Arabic

Release Date:

17 October 2002 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Baader Meinhof

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$81,245

Company Credits

Production Co:

72 Film, Leading Edge Producciones, SellOutPictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1