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  • Germany in Autumn (1978)
  • 123 min | Documentary, Drama
Germany in Autumn (1978)
123 min | Documentary, Drama

Germany in Autumn has no typical plot; it mixes documentary footage with standard movie scenes to present the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The film covers 2 months in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped and murdered by the ...See moreGermany in Autumn has no typical plot; it mixes documentary footage with standard movie scenes to present the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The film covers 2 months in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped and murdered by the left-wing terrorists known as the RAF-Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction). The businessman was kidnapped in an effort to secure the release of the original leaders of the RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang. When the kidnapping effort and a plane hijacking effort failed, the three most prominent leaders of the RAF, Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jan-Carl Raspe, all committed suicide in prison. It has become an article of faith within the left-wing community that these three were actually murdered by the state. The film has several vignettes, including an extended set of scenes with famous director Rainer Werner Fassbinder discussing his feelings about Germany's political situation at the time. Fassbinder's scenes almost seem to be candid documentary footage, but they aren't. Other scenes include documentary footage of the joint funeral of Baader, Enslin, and Raspe. Written by Richard Huffman See less
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Directors
Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Alf Brustellin (segments: Franziska Busch) | Hans Peter Cloos (segments: Schatten der Angst) | Alexander Kluge (segments: Hanns-Martin Schleyer, Gabi Teichert, Funeral) & 6 more
Writers
Alf Brustellin (segments: Franziska Busch) | Heinrich Böll (segments: Die verschobene Antigone) | Hans Peter Cloos (segments: Schatten der Angst) | Rainer Werner Fassbinder & 8 more
Production Designers
Winfried Hennig | Toni Lüdi | Henning von Gierke (as Henning v. Gierke)
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Release date
Oct 1978 (United States)

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55 cast members
Name Known for
Wolfgang Bächler
Actor (as Wolfgang Baechler) Actor (as Wolfgang Baechler)   See fewer
Heinz Bennent
TV-Intendant TV-Intendant   See fewer
Joachim Bißmeier
TV-Redakteur (as Joachim Bissmeyer) TV-Redakteur (as Joachim Bissmeyer)   See fewer
Hans Peter Cloos
Foreigner (as Hans Peter Closs) Foreigner (as Hans Peter Closs)   See fewer
Otto Friebel
TV-Aufsichtsgremium TV-Aufsichtsgremium   See fewer
Hildegard Friese
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Michael Gahr
TV committee TV committee   See fewer
Vadim Glowna
Freiermuth Freiermuth   See fewer
Helmut Griem
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Horatius Häberle
Actor (as Horatius Heberle) Actor (as Horatius Heberle)   See fewer
Hannelore Hoger
Gabi Teichert Gabi Teichert   See fewer
Petra Kiener
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Dieter Laser
Abgeordneter (TV Aufsichtsgremium) Abgeordneter (TV Aufsichtsgremium)   See fewer
Lisi Mangold
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Armin Meier
Self (as Amin Meier) Self (as Amin Meier)   See fewer
Eva Meier
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Enno Patalas
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Katja Rupé
Pianistin Pianistin   See fewer
Walter Schmidinger
Actor (as Walter Schmiedinger) Actor (as Walter Schmiedinger)   See fewer
Corinna Spies
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Angela Winkler
Antigone Antigone   See fewer
Otto Schily
Self (scenes deleted) Self (scenes deleted)   See fewer
Mario Adorf
TV committee member (uncredited) TV committee member (uncredited)   See fewer
Kurt Biedenkopf
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Joey Buschmann
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Horst Ehmke
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Christiane Ensslin
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Hans Filbinger
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Max Frisch
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Otto Graf Lambsdorff
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Walter Leisler Kiep
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Kurt-Georg Kiesinger
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Hannelore Kohl
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Helmut Kohl
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Lilo Pempeit
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Erwin Rommel
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Manfred Rommel
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Walter Scheel
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Helmut Schmidt
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Franz Josef Strauß
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Margarethe von Trotta
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Fritz von Westerman
Self (Bundeswehrgeneral) (uncredited) Self (Bundeswehrgeneral) (uncredited)   See fewer
Herbert Wehner
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André Wilms
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