Germany in Autumn (Deutschland im Herbst) 46 years old

Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The movie covers the two month time period during 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the left-wing terrorists known as the RAF-Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Fraction). The businessman had been kidnapped in an effort to secure the release of the orginal leaders of the RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang. When the kidnapping effort and a plane hijacking effort failed, the three most prominent leaders of the RAF, Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jan-Carl Raspe, all committed suicide in prison. It has become an article of faith within the left-wing community that these three were actually murdered by the state.

Credits

Heinz Bennent as Mitglied des Kommitees

Dieter Laser as

Joachim Bißmeier as

Angela Winkler as Antigone

Manfred Zapatka as

Hannelore Hoger as Gabi Teichert

Germany in Autumn Cast

Name	Character
Heinz Bennent He was 57, 90 years old when he died	as Mitglied des Kommitees
Dieter Laser He was 36, 78 years old when he died
Joachim Bißmeier He was 41, now 88 years old
Angela Winkler She was 34, now 80 years old	as Antigone
Manfred Zapatka He was 35, now 82 years old
Hannelore Hoger She was 37, now 83 years old	as Gabi Teichert
Helmut Griem He was 46, 72 years old when he died
Vadim Glowna He was 37, 70 years old when he died	as Freiermuth
Katja Rupé She was 29, now 75 years old	as Franziska Busch

Germany in Autumn Crew

Name	Department
Tanja Schmidbauer as Editor.	Editing
Theo Hinz as Producer. He was 47 (86) years old when He died	Production
Peter Schubert as Director. He was 49 (73) years old when He died	Directing
Peter Schubert as Screenplay. He was 49 (73) years old when He died	Writing
Bodo Kessler as Director of Photography.	Camera
Werner Lüring as Director of Photography.	Camera
Colin Mounier as Director of Photography. He was 36 (now 82) years old	Camera
Guenter Hoermann as Director of Photography.	Camera
Mulle Goetz-Dickopp as Editor.	Editing
Christine Warnck as Editor.	Editing
Alexander Kluge as Director. He was 46 (now 92) years old	Directing
Alexander Kluge as Screenplay. He was 46 (now 92) years old	Writing
Volker Schlöndorff as Director. He was 39 (now 85) years old	Directing
Volker Schlöndorff as Screenplay. He was 39 (now 85) years old	Writing
Dietrich Lohmann as Director of Photography. He was 35 (54) years old when He died	Camera
Eberhard Junkersdorf as Producer. He was 40 (now 86) years old	Production
Peter Steinbach as Screenplay. He was 39 (80) years old when He died	Writing
Maximiliane Mainka as Director. She was 35 (now 81) years old	Directing
Maximiliane Mainka as Screenplay. She was 35 (now 81) years old	Writing
Hans Peter Cloos as Director.	Directing
Hans Peter Cloos as Screenplay.	Writing
Edgar Reitz as Director. He was 45 (now 92) years old	Directing
Edgar Reitz as Screenplay. He was 45 (now 92) years old	Writing
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein as Director of Photography. He was 39 (now 85) years old	Camera

Germany in Autumn (46 years)

Release day: Friday, March 03, 1978
Runtime: 123 minutes