The Baader Meinhof Complex
Disillusioned journalist Ulrike Meinhof abandons her family to help forge a militant rebel group, only to find herself locked in a deadly clash with an increasingly authoritarian West German state that threatens to crush both her cause and her conscience.
Synopsis
When German police violently suppress a protest against the Shah of Iran, journalist Ulrike Meinhof becomes disillusioned with her marriage and leaves her children to join radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Alongside Baader's partner, Gudrun Ensslin, Meinhof co-founds the militant Red Faction Army. The group carries out a series of terrorist attacks, aiming to destabilize what they perceive as a growingly fascist state.
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A crew of 63+ credited
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Edited by Alexander BernerShot by Rainer KlausmannScored by Peter HinderthurDesigned by Bernd Lepel
Box Office
2008 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$26.9M
US & Canada: $476K — 2% of worldwide · International: $26.5M (98%)
Also known as
- Der Baader Meinhof Komplexde
- Der Baader Meinhof Komplexde
- Der Baader-Meinhof Komplexde
- Der Baader-Meinhof Komplexde
- Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplexde
- The Baader Meinhof Complexen
- Der Baader Meinhof Komplexes
- La Bande à Baaderfr
- La banda Baader Meinhofit
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Cast & Crew
63 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Martina Gedeck
as Ulrike Meinhof
Moritz Bleibtreu
as Andreas Baader
Johanna Wokalek
as Gudrun Ensslin
Bruno Ganz
as Horst Herold
Nadja Uhl
as Brigitte Mohnhaupt
Jan Josef Liefers
as Peter Homann
Stipe Erceg
as Holger Meins
Niels Bruno Schmidt
as Jan Karl Raspe
Alexandra Maria Lara
as Petra Schelm
Vinzenz Kiefer
as Peter-Jürgen Boock
Heino Ferch
as Horst Herold Assistant
Simon Licht
as Horst Mahler
Supporting cast
41Daniel Lommatzsch
as Christian Klar
Sebastian Blomberg
as Rudi Dutschke
Hannah Herzsprung
as Susanne Albrecht
Tom Schilling
as Josef Bachmann
Hans Werner Meyer
as Klaus Rainer Röhl
Katharina Wackernagel
as Astrid Proll
Anna Thalbach
as Ingrid Schubert
Volker Bruch
as Stefan Aust
Jasmin Tabatabai
as Hanne
Thomas Thieme
as Richter Dr. Prinzing
Susanne Bormann
as Petra 'Peggy' Schoenau
Michael Gwisdek
as Helmut Ensslin
Hubert Mulzer
as Jürgen Ponto
Alexander Held
as Siegfried Buback
Bernd Stegemann
as Hanns Martin Schleyer
Annika Kuhl
as Irmgard Möller
Sandra Borgmann
as Sieglinde Hofmann
Hannes Wegener
as Willy Peter Stoll
Johannes Suhm
as Thorwald 'Thorsten' Proll
Andreas Tobias
as Manfred Grashof
Britta Hammelstein
as Hanna Krabbe
Christian Blumel
as Siegfried Hausner
Peter Schneider
as Gerhard Müller
Christian Nathe
as Jochen
Martin Glade
as Benno Ohnsorg
Nina Eichinger
as Telefonistin Springer Verlag
Sunnyi Melles
as Frau Buddenberg
Hans Peter Hallwachs
as Günter von Drenkmann
Joachim Paul Assbock
as Günther Scheicher
Samir Fuchs
as Ägyptischer Fahrer
Michael Schenk
as Anwalt Hagemann
Jona Mues
as Pranke
Wolfgang Pregler
as Anstaltsleiter Stammheim
Kirsten Block
as Frau Ponto
Ralph Kretschmar
as Gruppenmitglied Jens
Bettina Lohmeyer
as Telefonistin
Rainer Reiners
as Polizist
Esther Seibt
as Simone - Stefan Austs girlfriend (uncredited)
Johanna Bonninghaus
as Danae Coulmas (uncredited)
Alexandra Rothert
as Peter's girlfriend (uncredited)
Norbert Hulm
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