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Germany’s Past Explodes in DER BAADER-MEINHOF KOMPLEX
Posted by Todd Brown at 11:06am.
Posted in Trailer Alerts , Thriller, Drama, Action, Continental Europe & Russia.
In the current political it’s very easy to think of terrorism as being a problem that exists ‘over there’ somewhere and very easy to forget that in the 1960s and 1970s terrorism was very much a domestic problem as well. Heck, even here in peace loving Canada we were briefly put under military rule in the early 70s thanks to the actions of the FLQ, a home grown terror group to call our own. There were equivalent groups everywhere, it seemed, each of them with their own causes, the only unifying factor seeming to be the willingness to use violence for their own ends.
The big German terror group of the late 1960s - active into the early 70s - was the Red Army Faction, or RAF, who engaged in bombings and assassinations throughout the country. That particular slice of German history has been captured on film in the upcoming Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex, and if the freshly released teaser is any indication this should be potent stuff. The great Bruno Ganz has a key role - always a good sign - the tech end looks spectacular and the attention to detail is impressive. Pay particular attention to the shots at the end of the actors next to the real people they are portraying: some of the resemblences are truly eerie.
Teaser is below the break in the Twitch Player.
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zombeaner 07/22/2008 @ 11:28am
Speaking of Baader Meinhoff, whatever happened to Raspberry Reich? Has anyone seen it?
kenixfan 07/22/2008 @ 1:08pm
This film would be markedly better if they used the Luke Haines (The Auteurs, Black Box Recorder) side project Baader Meinhof album as the soundtrack.
“Kill Ramirez” was tailor-made for a film.
brvtalbrodeo 07/23/2008 @ 11:03am
looks good.
Todd Brown 07/23/2008 @ 11:15am
Translation for those wondering what’s being said:
Hey,
I just wanted to let you know that I translated the few lines from the
BAADER MEINHOFF KOMPLEX trailer for you:
*Germany 1968*
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*… to escort to victory!*
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*The Situation escalates!*
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*Police! Put your hands behind your back!*
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*Those lawyers over there do not defend me!*
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*No fire in the prison cell! - Tomorrow we’re gone anyway.*
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*Freeze!*
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*Fall 2008
El Duderino 07/30/2008 @ 5:43am
This looks great. I’m really curious to see how it turns out.