On July 24, 1978, a bomb blasted a hole in the outer wall of a prison in Celle, Germany. The attack was blamed on the Red Army Faction. Years later, in April 1986, the true background was revealed. The attack had been staged with the complicity of Lower Saxony's domestic intelligence service, the GSG 9 and high-ranking government officials. The result was the expansion of anti-terror measures to protect citizens. The documentary tries to get to the bottom of the affair, and at the same time asks whether this action is not just the tip of an iceberg, whether much more was not initiated to stir up public sentiment.
Cast
Ernst Albrecht
Self (archive footage)
Jürgen Trittin
Self
Friedrich Zimmermann
Self
Paul Kühling
Self
Wolf Schneider
Self (archive footage)
Heiner Geißler
Self (archive footage)
Peter Frisch
Self
Christian Lochte
Self
Gottfried Gillar
Self
Winfried Günnemann
Self
Ulrich Vultejus
Self
Wolfgang Becker
Self
Brigitte Heinrich
Self
Helmut Lülfs
Self
Henk Wubben
Self
Pimm Evers
Self
Manfred Gürth
Self
Fritz Sack
Self
Crew
Herbert Linkesch
Director, Researcher
Rudi Reinbold
Writer, Producer
Tom Fährmann
Director of Photography
Dominikus Probst
Director of Photography
Thomas Post
Director of Photography
Evi Stangassinger
Line Producer
Werner Loth
Sound
Ulla Marquardt
Still Photographer
Wolfgang Becker
Editorial Staff
Christa Ellersiek
Editorial Staff