The Legend of Rita
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A politically grounded German drama about an underground militant forced into a new identity, matching the historical specificity, moral ambiguity, and intimate human cost of The Baader Meinhof Complex.
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01 / THE STORY
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

Ulrike Meinhof

Andreas Baader

Gudrun Ensslin

Peter Homann

Brigitte Mohnhaupt

Petra Schelm

Herolds Assistent

Holger Meins