Germany in Autumn (1978)
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.
Directors:
Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alexander Kluge, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus, Maximiliane Mainka, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupé, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Schubert, Bernhard Sinkel.
Writers:
Heinrich Böll, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alexander Kluge, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus, Maximiliane Mainka, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupé, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Schubert, Bernhard Sinkel, Peter Steinbach.
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Hannelore Hoger as Gabi Teichert |
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Angela Winkler as Antigone |
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Vadim Glowna as Freiermuth |
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Katja Rupé as Franziska Busch |
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Heinz Bennent as Mitglied des Kommitees |
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Wolf Biermann as Self |
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Joachim Bißmeier as TV-Redakteur |
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Helmut Griem as TV-Redakteur |
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Dieter Laser as Abgeordneter (TV Aufsichtsgremium) |
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Manfred Zapatka as |
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Horst Mahler as Self |
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Self (uncredited) |
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Mario Adorf as TV committee member (uncredited) |
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Margarethe von Trotta as Self (uncredited) |
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Caroline Chaniolleau as |
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Hans Peter Cloos as |
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Otto Friebel as |
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Hildegard Friese as |
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Michael Gahr as |
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Petra Kiener as |
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Lisi Mangold as |
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Eva Meier as |
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Enno Patalas as |
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Franziska Walser as |
| Directing | Alf Brustellin | Director |
| Directing | Hans Peter Cloos | Director |
| Directing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Director |
| Directing | Alexander Kluge | Director |
| Directing | Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus | Director |
| Directing | Maximiliane Mainka | Director |
| Directing | Edgar Reitz | Director |
| Directing | Katja Rupé | Director |
| Directing | Volker Schlöndorff | Director |
| Directing | Peter Schubert | Director |
| Directing | Bernhard Sinkel | Director |
| Writing | Heinrich Böll | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alf Brustellin | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hans Peter Cloos | Screenplay |
| Writing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alexander Kluge | Screenplay |
| Writing | Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus | Screenplay |
| Writing | Maximiliane Mainka | Screenplay |
| Writing | Edgar Reitz | Screenplay |
| Writing | Katja Rupé | Screenplay |
| Writing | Volker Schlöndorff | Screenplay |
| Writing | Peter Schubert | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bernhard Sinkel | Screenplay |
| Writing | Peter Steinbach | Screenplay |
| Production | Theo Hinz | Producer |
| Production | Eberhard Junkersdorf | Producer |
| Camera | Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Bodo Kessler | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Dietrich Lohmann | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Werner Lüring | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Colin Mounier | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Heidi Genée | Editor |
| Editing | Mulle Goetz-Dickopp | Editor |
| Editing | Juliane Lorenz | Editor |
| Editing | Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus | Editor |
| Editing | Tanja Schmidbauer | Editor |
| Editing | Christine Warnck | Editor |
| Camera | Günther Hörmann | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Music |