Germany in Autumn

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

Written by Maximiliane Mainka, Peter Steinbach, Alf Brustellin, 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.

Cast

Hannelore Hoger

Gabi Teichert

Angela Winkler

Antigone

Vadim Glowna

Freiermuth

Katja Rupé

Franziska Busch

Heinz Bennent

Mitglied des Kommitees

Wolf Biermann

Self

Joachim Bißmeier

TV-Redakteur

Helmut Griem

TV-Redakteur

Dieter Laser

Abgeordneter (TV Aufsichtsgremium)

Manfred Zapatka

Horst Mahler

Self

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Self (uncredited)