Cinema Partenio | sala 1 | at 4pm
Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Alexander Kluge, Maximiliane Mainka, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupé, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Schubert, Bernhard Sinkel
Starring: Wolfgang Bächler, Heinz Bennent, Wolf Biermann
Year: 1979
Country: Germania occidentale
Running Time: 123’
Produced by: ABS Filmproduktion, Tango Film, Kairos-Film, Hallelujah Film, Edgar Reitz Film (ERF), Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Filmverlag der Autoren
Distribuited by: Filmverlag der Autoren
Plot: “Germany in Autumn” mixes documentary footage with standard movie scenes to present the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The film covers 2 months in 1977 when a businessman, Hanns-Martin Schleyer, was kidnapped and murdered by the left-wing terrorists known as the RAF-Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction).The film has several scenes with famous director Rainer Werner Fassbinder discussing his feelings about Germany’s political situation at the time.
