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Germany in Autumn (1978) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1978 · 123 mins · German
- Directed by
- Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
- Starring
- Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Heinz Bennent, Vadim Glowna
Germany in Autumn blends documentary footage with staged scenes to capture West Germany’s late‑1970s atmosphere. It follows the two‑month span of 1977 when a businessman was abducted and killed by the left‑wing RAF (Red Army Faction) in an attempt to free its Baader‑Meinhof leaders, who died by suicide in prison, claimed to be state‑engineered.
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