The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial (1986)

6.7/10 107 min Drama History Action Crime

Overview

Based on the research for his non-fiction book "Der Baader-Meinhoff-Komplex", "Spiegel" journalist Stefan Aust wrote the screen play to Reinhard Hauff’s controversial feature film that re-narrates the startling trial against the RAF terrorists Baader, Meinhoff, Ensslin, and Raspe. The trial that started in May 1975 in the Stammheim maximum-security prison extended over 192 days and ended with a lifetime sentence for all defendants.

Cast

Ulrich Tukur

Andreas Baader

Therese Affolter

Ulrike Meinhof

Ulrich Pleitgen

Theodor Prinzing

Hans-Michael Rehberg

Siegfried Buback

Dominique Horwitz

Zeuge

Hans Kremer

Jan-Carl Raspe

Holger Mahlich

Verteidiger

Alexander Duda

Reporter

Peter Maertens

Verteidiger

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