Germany in Autumn(1978)

movie - first aired/released 1978-03-03 - 123 min - audience 6.4

Documentary, Drama

Directed by Alexander Kluge, Alf Brustellin, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus, Bernhard Sinkel, Edgar Reitz, Hans Peter Cloos, Katja Rupé, Maximiliane Mainka, Peter Schubert, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Volker Schlöndorff

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.