Children of the Revolution (2011)

6.7/10 88 min Documentary

Overview

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?

Cast

Masao Adachi

Self

Astrid Proll

Self

Leila Khaled

Self

Ulrike Meinhof

Self (archive footage)

Fusako Shigenobu

Self (archive footage)

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