The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial (1986)

Overview : Based on the research for his non-fiction book "Der Baader-Meinhoff-Komplex", "Spiegel" journalist Stefan Aust wrote the screen play to Reinhard Hauff’s controversial feature film that re-narrates the startling trial against the RAF terrorists Baader, Meinhoff, Ensslin, and Raspe. The trial that started in May 1975 in the Stammheim maximum-security prison extended over 192 days and ended with a lifetime sentence for all defendants.

Release Date : January 30, 1986

Runtime : 107m

Genre : Drama, History, Action, Crime  

Companies : Neue Bioskop Film, ARD

Countries : Germany

Keywords : germany, 1970s, terrorism