Ulrike Meinhof

Ulrike Marie Meinhof was a German left-wing militant. She co-founded the Red Army Faction in 1970 after having previously worked as a journalist for the monthly left-wing magazine konkret. She was arrested in 1972, and eventually charged with numerous murders and the formation of a criminal association. Before the trial concluded, Meinhof was found hanged in her prison cell in 1976.

Children of the Revolution (2011)

Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. What were they fighting for and what have we learned?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shane O'Sullivan
CAST:  Ulrike Meinhof  •  Masao Adachi  •  Mei Shigenobu  •  Bettina Rohl

Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. What were they fighting for and what have we learned?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shane O'Sullivan
CAST:  Ulrike Meinhof  •  Masao Adachi  •  Mei Shigenobu  •  Bettina Rohl

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

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DIRECTION:  Johannes Unger  •  Sascha Adamek
CAST:  Ulrike Meinhof

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