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Release Date: 2008

Cast: Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Alexandra Maria Lara, Niels Bruno Schmidt, Karoline Herfurth, Simon Licht, Moritz Bleibtreu, Vinzenz Kiefer, Martina Gedeck, Stipe Erceg, Jan Josef Liefers, Bruno Ganz

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Period piece, World cinema, Political thriller

The Baader Meinhof Complex (German: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) is a 2008 German film by Uli Edel. Written and produced by Bernd Eichinger, it stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck and Johanna Wokalek. The film is based on the 1985 German best selling non-fiction book of the same name by Stefan Aust. It retells the story of the early years of the West German far-left extremist group the Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction, or RAF). The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film for the 81st Academy Awards. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe in the Best Foreign Language... MORE

The Baader Meinhof Complex (German: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) is a 2008 German film by Uli Edel. Written and produced by Bernd Eichinger, it stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck and Johanna Wokalek. The film is based on the 1985 German best selling non-fiction book of the same name by Stefan Aust. It retells the story of the early years of the West German far-left extremist group the Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction, or RAF). The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film for the 81st Academy Awards. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe in the Best Foreign Language Film category. In 1967, the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, visits West Berlin to attend a performance at the Deutsche Oper. Angered at the Shah's repressive policies in governing Iran, a number of young Germans show up to protest his appearance. The German police and the Shah's forces attack the German protesters and one of them, Benno Ohnesorg is shot and killed without provocation by Karl-Heinz Kurras. The Ohnesorg murder outrages many Germans, including left wing journalist Ulrike Meinhof (Martina Gedeck) who had earlier written articles critical of the Shah. Inspired by Meinhof's outspoken LESS