movie poster

The Baader Meinhof Complex

2008

150 minutes

ActionCrimeDramaHistoryThriller

Overview

'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex' depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The story centers on the leadership of the self named anti-fascist resistance to state violence: Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin.

Watch providers

Streaming

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Rent

Amazon Video
Fandango At Home

Buy

Amazon Video
Fandango At Home

Top Cast

Martina Gedeck headshot

Martina Gedeck

Ulrike Meinhof

Moritz Bleibtreu headshot

Moritz Bleibtreu

Andreas Baader

Johanna Wokalek headshot

Johanna Wokalek

Gudrun Ensslin

Nadja Uhl headshot

Nadja Uhl

Brigitte Mohnhaupt

Stipe Erceg headshot

Stipe Erceg

Holger Meins

Niels-Bruno Schmidt headshot

Niels-Bruno Schmidt

Jan Karl Raspe

Vinzenz Kiefer headshot

Vinzenz Kiefer

Peter-Jürgen Boock

Simon Licht headshot

Simon Licht

Horst Mahler

Alexandra Maria Lara headshot

Alexandra Maria Lara

Petra Schelm

Bruno Ganz headshot

Bruno Ganz

Horst Herold

Heino Ferch headshot

Heino Ferch

Herolds Assistent

Daniel Lommatzsch headshot

Daniel Lommatzsch

Christian Klar

Sebastian Blomberg headshot

Sebastian Blomberg

Rudi Dutschke

Jan Josef Liefers headshot

Jan Josef Liefers

Peter Homann

Hannah Herzsprung headshot

Hannah Herzsprung

Susanne Albrecht

Tom Schilling headshot

Tom Schilling

Josef Bachmann

Hans-Werner Meyer headshot

Hans-Werner Meyer

Klaus Rainer Röhl

Katharina Wackernagel headshot

Katharina Wackernagel

Astrid Proll

Anna Thalbach headshot

Anna Thalbach

Ingrid Schubert

Volker Bruch headshot

Volker Bruch

Stefan Aust

Jasmin Tabatabai headshot

Jasmin Tabatabai

Hanne

Thomas Thieme headshot

Thomas Thieme

Richter Dr. Prinzing

Susanne Bormann headshot

Susanne Bormann

Petra 'Peggy' Schoenau

Michael Gwisdek headshot

Michael Gwisdek

Helmut Ensslin

Hubert Mulzer headshot

Hubert Mulzer

Jürgen Ponto

Alexander Held headshot

Alexander Held

Siegfried Buback

Bernd Stegemann headshot

Bernd Stegemann

Hanns Martin Schleyer

Annika Kuhl headshot

Annika Kuhl

Irmgard Möller

Sandra Borgmann headshot

Sandra Borgmann

Sieglinde Hofmann

Hannes Wegener headshot

Hannes Wegener

Willy Peter Stoll

Johannes Suhm headshot

Johannes Suhm

Thorwald 'Thorsten' Proll

Andreas Tobias headshot

Andreas Tobias

Manfred Grashof

Britta Hammelstein headshot

Britta Hammelstein

Hanna Krabbe

Christian Blümel headshot

Christian Blümel

Siegfried Hausner

Peter Schneider headshot

Peter Schneider

Gerhard Müller

Christian Näthe headshot

Christian Näthe

Jochen

Martin Glade headshot

Martin Glade

Benno Ohnsorg

Nina Eichinger headshot

Nina Eichinger

Telefonistin Springer Verlag

Sunnyi Melles headshot

Sunnyi Melles

Frau Buddenberg

Hans Peter Hallwachs headshot

Hans Peter Hallwachs

Günter von Drenkmann

Joachim Paul Assböck headshot

Joachim Paul Assböck

Günther Scheicher

Samir Fuchs headshot

Samir Fuchs

Ägyptischer Fahrer

Michael Schenk headshot

Michael Schenk

Anwalt Hagemann

Jona Mues headshot

Jona Mues

Pranke

Wolfgang Pregler headshot

Wolfgang Pregler

Anstaltsleiter Stammheim

Kirsten Block headshot

Kirsten Block

Frau Ponto

Ralph Kretschmar headshot

Ralph Kretschmar

Gruppenmitglied Jens

Bettina Lohmeyer headshot

Bettina Lohmeyer

Telefonistin

Rainer Reiners headshot

Rainer Reiners

Polizist

Esther Seibt headshot

Esther Seibt

Simone - Stefan Austs girlfriend (uncredited)

Johanna Bönninghaus headshot

Johanna Bönninghaus

Danae Coulmas (uncredited)

Alexandra Rothert headshot

Alexandra Rothert

Peter's girlfriend (uncredited)