Andreas Baader

Berndt Andreas Baader was one of the first leaders of the West German left-wing militant organization Red Army Faction, also commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof Group.

A German Youth (2015)

At the end of the 1960s the post-war generation began to revolt against their parents. This was a generation disillusioned by anti-communist capitalism and a state apparatus in which they believed they saw fascist tendencies. This generation included journalist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Gabriel Périot
CAST:  Harun Farocki  •  Philip W. Sauber  •  Holger Meins  •  Helke Sander

At the end of the 1960s the post-war generation began to revolt against their parents. This was a generation disillusioned by anti-communist capitalism and a state apparatus in which they believed they saw fascist tendencies. This generation included journalist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Gabriel Périot
CAST:  Harun Farocki  •  Philip W. Sauber  •  Holger Meins  •  Helke Sander

Andreas Baader - Das Leben eines Staatsfeindes (2002)

How could the son of a graduate historian and a secretary, who liked to adorn himself with fast cars, fake eyelashes and expensive clothes, who wanted to become an artist, journalist or film director, become the "public enemy No. 1"?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Klaus Stern
CAST:  Andreas Baader  •  Gudrun Ensslin  •  Günther Scheicher  •  Ulrike Meinhof

How could the son of a graduate historian and a secretary, who liked to adorn himself with fast cars, fake eyelashes and expensive clothes, who wanted to become an artist, journalist or film director, become the "public enemy No. 1"?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Klaus Stern
CAST:  Andreas Baader  •  Gudrun Ensslin  •  Günther Scheicher  •  Ulrike Meinhof

Gudrun Ensslin - the early years (1968)

How the graduate student Gudrun Ensslin became a radical and violent woman. After the department store fire in Frankfurt, November 1968, in which Gudrun Ensslin and Andreas Baader was involved the violence and their actions escalated. Soon they were joined by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Merseburger
CAST:  Andreas Baader  •  Gudrun Ensslin  •  Helmut Ensslin

How the graduate student Gudrun Ensslin became a radical and violent woman. After the department store fire in Frankfurt, November 1968, in which Gudrun Ensslin and Andreas Baader was involved the violence and their actions escalated. Soon they were joined by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Merseburger
CAST:  Andreas Baader  •  Gudrun Ensslin  •  Helmut Ensslin

Die wilden Tiere (1969)

Documents a one-week meeting of radical leftist activists known as "Knastkamp" (Prison battle), which took place in July 1969 in Ebrach, Bamberg.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerd Conradt  •  Katrin Seybold
CAST:  Gudrun Ensslin  •  Andreas Baader  •  Brigitte Mohnhaupt  •  Irmgard Möller

Documents a one-week meeting of radical leftist activists known as "Knastkamp" (Prison battle), which took place in July 1969 in Ebrach, Bamberg.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerd Conradt  •  Katrin Seybold
CAST:  Gudrun Ensslin  •  Andreas Baader  •  Brigitte Mohnhaupt  •  Irmgard Möller

The RAF - The Red Army Fraction (2007)

From the inner workings of the RAF. Former RAF-member Peter-Jürgen Boock reveal the many secrets and myths about the Baader-Meinhof gang a.k.a. RAF - Rote Armee Fraktion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefan Aust  •  Helmar Büchel
CAST:  Andreas Baader  •  Peter-Jürgen Boock  •  Daniel Cohn-Bendit  •  Gudrun Ensslin

From the inner workings of the RAF. Former RAF-member Peter-Jürgen Boock reveal the many secrets and myths about the Baader-Meinhof gang a.k.a. RAF - Rote Armee Fraktion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefan Aust  •  Helmar Büchel
CAST:  Andreas Baader  •  Peter-Jürgen Boock  •  Daniel Cohn-Bendit  •  Gudrun Ensslin