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Children of the Revolution

  • 2010
  • TV-14
  • 1h 32m
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Children of the Revolution (2010)
Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, Ulrike Meinhof and Fusako Shigenobu became the leading female revolutionaries of their time. Appalled by the killing in Vietnam, they set out to destroy capitalist power through world revolution, as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army.<br><br>

Packed with rare and extraordinary archive footage, Children of the Revolution sees journalists Bettina Röhl and May Shigenobu explore the lives of their mothers, Ulrike and Fusako, providing a unique perspective on two of the most notorious "terrorists" in contemporary history: what were they fighting for and what have we learned?
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Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. What were they ... Read allInspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. What were they fighting for and what have we learned?Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. What were they fighting for and what have we learned?

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    • Shane O'Sullivan
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    • Ulrike Meinhof
    • Fusako Shigenobu
    • Mei Shigenobu
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    • Director
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      • Fusako Shigenobu
      • Mei Shigenobu
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    Ulrike Meinhof
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    • (archive footage)
    Fusako Shigenobu
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    • (archive footage)
    Mei Shigenobu
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    Bettina Röhl
    • Self
    Masao Adachi
    • Self
    Astrid Proll
    • Self
    Leila Khaled
    • Self
    Bassam Abu Sharif
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    Erika Runge
    Erika Runge
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    Takaya Shiomi
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    Kyoko Ohtani
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    Jutta Lack-Strecker
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      • Shane O'Sullivan
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      The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) is a fictionalization of the real life events that were also the basis for Germany in Autumn (1978), Baader (2002), 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), Prisoner of Terrorism (1978), Ulrike Meinhof (2007), Andreas Baader - Der Staatsfeind (2002) and were strongly related with Ulrike Marie Meinhof (1995), Wildentiere (1969), Gudrun Ensslin - the early years (1968), Den fjärde mannen (2014), 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).
    • Connections
      Features Running in Madness, Dying in Love (1969)

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    • Release date
      • August 26, 2011 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • Ireland
      • Germany
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    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 革命の子どもたち
    • Filming locations
      • Jordan
    • Production companies
      • Transmission Films
      • Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board
      • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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      1 hour 32 minutes
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      • Color

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