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The Baader Meinhof Complex posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

On 2 June 1967, the Mohammed Reza Pahlavi visits West Berlin and attends a performance at the Deutsche Oper. Angered at his policies in governing Iran, members of the German student movement protest his appearance. The West Berlin police and the Shah's security team attack the protesters, and unarmed protester Benno Ohnesorg is fatally shot by Officer Karl-Heinz Kurras.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Martina Gedeck

Martina Gedeck

Ulrike Meinhof

Moritz Bleibtreu

Moritz Bleibtreu

Andreas Baader

Johanna Wokalek

Johanna Wokalek

Gudrun Ensslin

Jan Josef Liefers

Jan Josef Liefers

Peter Homann

Nadja Uhl

Nadja Uhl

Brigitte Mohnhaupt

Alexandra Maria Lara

Alexandra Maria Lara

Petra Schelm

Heino Ferch

Heino Ferch

Herolds Assistent

Stipe Erceg

Stipe Erceg

Holger Meins