Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst (2018)

5.0/10 101 min Documentary

Overview

West Germany in the 1970s. Many artists, journalists and intellectuals were branded as sympathizers of Baader-Meinhof's left-wing terrorism. The parents of the director, too: Margarethe von Trotta and his stepfather, Volker Schlöndorff. With extensive archive materials and film clips as well as Margarethe von Trotta's private diaries the film portrays one German family and the society of the time.

Cast

Margarethe von Trotta

Self

Volker Schlöndorff

Self

Peter Schneider

Self

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

Self

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

Self

Christof Wackernagel

Self

Felix Moeller

Self

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