Just like the other film by Bernd Eichinger, Der Untergang (2004), Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008) is necessary for the German and foreign audience because of the importance of the German history after WW2. Der Untergang was innovating because it gave the viewer a backstage-pass to the life of Adolf Hitler. Same here with Der Baader Meinhof Komplex.
While the world was under the spell of the cold war, Europe was putting the pieces back together, Germany had other issues. The RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion) had a really big influence on the in identity-crisis being Germany, no one can deny that. There was fear and uncertainty under the people during that time and with the left orientated terrorists of the RAF an assault was always lying in wait.
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex gives us in a great way sight in that Germany. The acting is great, the cinematography also, but the complexity of that specific period in German history is too large to attend to in one film. There are too many characters and most of them are not even introduced. There is too much else going on to explore the whole story.
But it gives us a clue in what the guidelines are in this political race, and in that the film is successful.
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex Reviews
- Author: energ A necessary and important film.
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