THE BADDER- MEINHOF COMPLEX (18)

Tue 13 Jan 8.00 Wed 14 Jan 5.30 & 8.30 Thurs 15 Jan 8.00

Dir: Uli Edel (2008) Germany 2hrs 30mins Subtitled

Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck, Johanna Wokelek

Adapted from Stefan Aust’s bestselling account of how the Red Army Faction, a small group of young middle-class Germans whose moral indignation at the Vietnam War and the injustices of capitalist society turned to a campaign of bombings, kidnap and murder. This is a long, utterly absorbing documentary-thriller. Brilliantly depicting how a movement that was born out of moral imperatives began to resort to flagrant immorality, this film follows Downfall and The Lives Of Others with a gripping and honest account of another key period in German history. Featuring Martina Gedeck as Ulrike Meinhof and Moritz Bleibtreu as Andreas Baader, the film also includes outstanding performances from Bruno Ganz and Alexndra Maria Lara (last seen in Control).