The Baader Meinhof Complex film was directed by Uli Edel. The film is based on the 1985 German best selling non-fiction book of the same name by Stefan Aust. This movie also tells the story of early years West German far left militant group known as the Red Army Faction (RAF) during 1967-1977. The film was nominated for best foreign language film at the 81st Academy awards and also a golden globe for best foreign language film.
The movie takes place in Germany in 1970. Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside rock the fragile foundations of the fragile German Democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the Germans, many of which have a Nazi past. Their goal is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg.
The RAF describes themselves as a communist and anti imperialist urban guerilla group engaged in armed resistance against what they viewed a fascist state. Members of the RAF generally used the Marxist-Leninist term"Faction" when they wrote in English. This group was viewed as a terrorist organization by the German Government.
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