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17 March 1978 (West Germany) morePlot:
Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Germany democracy is facing with a hard challenge moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Wolfgang Bächler | ||
| Heinz Bennent | ... | TV committee member |
| Wolf Biermann | ... | Himself |
| Joachim Bissmeier | (as Joachim Bissmeyer) | |
| Caroline Chaniolleau | ||
| Hans Peter Cloos | ... | Foreigner |
| Otto Friebel | ||
| Hildegard Friese | ||
| Michael Gahr | ||
| Vadim Glowna | ... | Freiermuth |
| Helmut Griem | ... | Mahler's interviewer |
| Hannelore Hoger | ... | Gabi Teichert |
| Petra Kiener | ||
| Dieter Laser | ... | TV committee member |
| Horst Mahler | ... | Himself |
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123 min | 134 min (Berlin Film Festival)Country:
West GermanyLanguage:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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This is a melancholic semi-documentary about the West Germany's traumatic autumn called as "Deutschland Herbst". The prominent businessman Hanns Martin Schleyer who was a member of the board of directors in Daimler Benz and leader in several employer and industry associations was kidnapped and killed by extreme-left RAF. He was formerly SS worked as an important deputy and adviser to Bernhard Adolf, one of the German economic leaders. Schleyer's uncompromising position towards workers made him a target in the West Germany.
The movie plays with different positionalities. Germany democracy is facing with a hard challenge after the WW2. If you do not know much about these events, you better read about it. The Businesman's chic funeral, his ex-SS experience and policies in the West Germany, RAF's actions are all putting you in a mixed feeling. Left and democracy are under pressure with a lack of hope. I felt like RAF was representation of this hopelessness.
It is a very simplistic semi-documentary but very successful. End of the movie was very moving with the song "A Tu Salud". I highly recommend you to see it. Despite you may not know much about Germany or the specific context, it has a lot of relevance to today's democracy and freedom problems.