Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. In Berlin, he is recruited by a revolutionary cell. They plan to overthrow the state.
Acting
Frank Giering's unhinged, feral commitment.
Direction
Roth's kinetic, music-video style political chaos.
Director
Christopher Roth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Christopher Roth was only 28 when he made this, fresh from music videos—explaining the hyperkinetic, anachronistic style that critics either loved or despised.
Released the same year as 'The Baader Meinhof Complex' entered pre-production, this competed with a rival RAF project that would eventually become the more famous 2008 film.
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