Germany in Autumn (1978)
Deutschland im Herbst
Nine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of late 1970s Germany, particularly the two-month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped by the RAF (Red Army Faction). The kidnap had been made to orchestrate the release of the original leaders of the RAF, aka the Baader-Meinhof.
- Date of release
- 1978-03-03
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (31)
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Alexander Kluge, Maximiliane Mainka, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupé, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Schubert, Bernhard Sinkel
Casting
- Hannelore Hoger — Gabi Teichert
- Angela Winkler — Antigone
- Vadim Glowna — Freiermuth
- Katja Rupé — Franziska Busch
- Heinz Bennent — Mitglied des Kommitees
- Wolf Biermann — Self
- Joachim Bißmeier — TV-Redakteur
- Helmut Griem — TV-Redakteur
- Dieter Laser — Abgeordneter (TV Aufsichtsgremium)
- Manfred Zapatka
- Horst Mahler — Self
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Self (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Germany in Autumn is a 1978 West German anthology film about the period of 1977 known as the German Autumn, which was dominated by incidents of terrorism. The film is composed of contributions from different filmmakers, including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz, Bernhard Sinkel, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Katja Rupé, Peter Schubert and Volker Schlöndorff. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Special Recognition award.
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