The Baader Meinhof Complex

[M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D.]

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in cooperation with the Canadian Film Insitute has the pleasure of inviting you to the screening of Constantin film and Berand Eichinger present THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX. Time: November 25, 2009, 7 p.m. Place: Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa. The film is presented as part of the 24th European Union Film Festival. Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he’s only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. Genre: Action | Biography | Crime | Drama | History Director: Uli Edel Writers: Stefan Aust (book) Uli Edel (collaboration) Cast: Martina Gedeck … Ulrike Meinhof Moritz Bleibtreu … Andreas Baader Johanna Wokalek … Gudrun Ensslin Nadja Uhl … Brigitte Mohnhaupt Jan Josef Liefers … Peter Homann Stipe Erceg … Holger Meins Niels-Bruno Schmidt … Jan Carl Raspe Vinzenz Kiefer … Peter-Jürgen Boock Simon Licht … Horst Mahler Alexandra Maria Lara … Petra Schelm Hannah Herzsprung … Susanne Albrecht Tom Schilling … Josef Bachmann Daniel Lommatzsch … Christian Klar Sebastian