Nine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of late 1970s Germany, particularly the two-month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped by the RAF (Red Army Faction). The kidnap had been made to orchestrate the release of the original leaders of the RAF, aka the Baader-Meinhof.
Cast
Hannelore Hoger
Gabi Teichert
Angela Winkler
Antigone
Vadim Glowna
Freiermuth
Katja Rupé
Franziska Busch
Heinz Bennent
Mitglied des Kommitees
Wolf Biermann
Self
Joachim Bißmeier
TV-Redakteur
Helmut Griem
TV-Redakteur
Dieter Laser
Abgeordneter (TV Aufsichtsgremium)
Manfred Zapatka
Unknown
Horst Mahler
Self
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Self (uncredited)
Mario Adorf
TV committee member (uncredited)
Margarethe von Trotta
Self (uncredited)
Caroline Chaniolleau
Unknown
Hans Peter Cloos
Unknown
Otto Friebel
Unknown
Hildegard Friese
Unknown
Michael Gahr
Unknown
Petra Kiener
Unknown
Lisi Mangold
Unknown
Eva Meier
Unknown
Enno Patalas
Unknown
Franziska Walser
Unknown
Crew
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director, Screenplay
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Alf Brustellin
Director, Screenplay
Hans Peter Cloos
Director, Screenplay
Alexander Kluge
Director, Screenplay
Maximiliane Mainka
Director, Screenplay
Edgar Reitz
Director, Screenplay
Katja Rupé
Director, Screenplay
Volker Schlöndorff
Director, Screenplay
Peter Schubert
Director, Screenplay
Bernhard Sinkel
Director, Screenplay
Peter Steinbach
Screenplay
Heinrich Böll
Screenplay
Mulle Goetz-Dickopp
Editor
Tanja Schmidbauer
Editor
Heidi Genée
Editor
Christine Warnck
Editor
Juliane Lorenz
Editor
Dietrich Lohmann
Director of Photography
Werner Lüring
Director of Photography
Colin Mounier
Director of Photography
Michael Ballhaus
Director of Photography
Bodo Kessler
Director of Photography
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Director of Photography
Jürgen Jürges
Director of Photography
Günther Hörmann
Director of Photography
Theo Hinz
Producer
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Producer
Ennio Morricone
Music
