The Third Generation

The Third Generation (1979)

Die dritte Generation

A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.

Date of release
1979-05-30
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (52)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Casting

Interesting facts

The Third Generation is a 1979 West German film written, directed and photographed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It stars an ensemble cast composed by Hanna Schygulla, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine, Bulle Ogier and Harry Baer. The plot follows an ineffectual cell of underground terrorists who plan to kidnap an industrialist.

Production

The Third Generation was made immediately after Fassbinder achieved wide international critical and commercial success with The Marriage of Maria Braun. It was produced by Fassbinder's production company Tango Films for an estimated amount of 800,000 DEM. It was shot in Berlin from November 1978 to 22 January 1979, which is the period when the action takes place.

The large cast mainly comprises actors from Fassbinder's regular troupe: Hanna Schygulla, Margit Carstensen, Volker Spengler, Harry Baer and Günther Kaufmann among others. It also includes two international stars: Eddie Constantine, who had worked with Fassbinder earlier in the director's career, and Bulle Ogier, who did not speak German.

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