The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008 | 149m | German
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Uli Edel |
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| Writer: | Stefan Aust, Uli Edel, Bernd Eichinger |
| Staring: |
| When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 25, 2008 |
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| Director: | Uli Edel |
| Writer: | Stefan Aust, Uli Edel, Bernd Eichinger |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller, History |
| Keywords | suicide, 1970s, hostage-taking, prison escape, trial, terrorism, terrorist plot, government cover-up, government conspiracy, leftist radicalism, criminal trial, escape from prison, baader-meinhof gruppe |
| Production Companies | WDR, Constantin Film, BR, Nouvelles Éditions de Films, ARD Degeto, NDR, Dune Films, G.T. Film Production |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $26,937,355
Budget: $19,700,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 30, 2025 Entered: Sep 30, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Martina Gedeck | Ulrike Meinhof |
| Moritz Bleibtreu | Andreas Baader |
| Johanna Wokalek | Gudrun Ensslin |
| Nadja Uhl | Brigitte Mohnhaupt |
| Stipe Erceg | Holger Meins |
| Niels-Bruno Schmidt | Jan Karl Raspe |
| Vinzenz Kiefer | Peter-Jürgen Boock |
| Simon Licht | Horst Mahler |
| Alexandra Maria Lara | Petra Schelm |
| Bruno Ganz | Horst Herold |
| Heino Ferch | Herolds Assistent |
| Daniel Lommatzsch | Christian Klar |
| Sebastian Blomberg | Rudi Dutschke |
| Jan Josef Liefers | Peter Homann |
| Hannah Herzsprung | Susanne Albrecht |
| Tom Schilling | Josef Bachmann |
| Hans-Werner Meyer | Klaus Rainer Röhl |
| Katharina Wackernagel | Astrid Proll |
| Anna Thalbach | Ingrid Schubert |
| Volker Bruch | Stefan Aust |
| Jasmin Tabatabai | Hanne |
| Thomas Thieme | Richter Dr. Prinzing |
| Susanne Bormann | Petra 'Peggy' Schoenau |
| Michael Gwisdek | Helmut Ensslin |
| Hubert Mulzer | Jürgen Ponto |
| Alexander Held | Siegfried Buback |
| Bernd Stegemann | Hanns Martin Schleyer |
| Annika Kuhl | Irmgard Möller |
| Sandra Borgmann | Sieglinde Hofmann |
| Hannes Wegener | Willy Peter Stoll |
| Johannes Suhm | Thorwald 'Thorsten' Proll |
| Andreas Tobias | Manfred Grashof |
| Britta Hammelstein | Hanna Krabbe |
| Christian Blümel | Siegfried Hausner |
| Peter Schneider | Gerhard Müller |
| Christian Näthe | Jochen |
| Martin Glade | Benno Ohnsorg |
| Nina Eichinger | Telefonistin Springer Verlag |
| Sunnyi Melles | Frau Buddenberg |
| Hans Peter Hallwachs | Günter von Drenkmann |
| Joachim Paul Assböck | Günther Scheicher |
| Samir Fuchs | Ägyptischer Fahrer |
| Michael Schenk | Anwalt Hagemann |
| Jona Mues | Pranke |
| Wolfgang Pregler | Anstaltsleiter Stammheim |
| Kirsten Block | Frau Ponto |
| Ralph Kretschmar | Gruppenmitglied Jens |
| Bettina Lohmeyer | Telefonistin |
| Rainer Reiners | Polizist |
| Esther Seibt | Simone - Stefan Austs girlfriend (uncredited) |
| Johanna Bönninghaus | Danae Coulmas (uncredited) |
| Alexandra Rothert | Peter's girlfriend (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Roland Schwarthoff | Set Decoration |
| Stefan Aust | Novel |
| Uli Edel | Director, Screenplay |
| An Dorthe Braker | Casting |
| Bernd Eichinger | Screenplay |
| Paola Riviello | Art Direction |
| Birgit Missal | Costume Design |
| Lutz Zeidler | Armorer |
| Driss Marzak | Gaffer |
| Oliver Kirchhoff | Visual Effects |
| Joo Fürst | Foley |
| Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard | Sound Effects Editor |
| Luca Vannella | Hairstylist |
| Ana de Mier y Ortuño | First Assistant Editor |
| Rainer Klausmann | Director of Photography |
| Bernd Lepel | Production Design |
| Anne Fremiot | Casting |
| Volker Gläser | Camera Operator |
| Uli Nefzer | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Stefan Tischner | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Jörn Poetzl | Foley |
| Michael Kranz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Waldemar Pokromski | Makeup Department Head |
| Peter Hinderthür | Original Music Composer |
| Alexander Berner | Editor |
| Hucky Hornberger | Art Direction |
| Johannes Wild | Set Decoration |
| Pia Hoffmann | Music Supervisor |
| Markus Eckert | Steadicam Operator |
| Manfred Büttner | Visual Effects |
| Fabian Schmidt | Dialogue Editor |
| Jan Bloemeke | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sabine Schumann | Hairstylist |
| Mariam Lee Abounouom | Makeup Artist |
| Brigitte Friedländer-Rodriguez | Costume Supervisor |
| Christian Graf | First Assistant Camera |
| Adolf Wojtinek | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Daniel Iribarren | ADR & Dubbing |
| Andreas Schneider | Foley |
| Benjamin A. Rosenkind | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sabine Rohrman | Makeup Artist |
| Florian Tessloff | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bernd Eichinger | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 20 | 30 | 14 |
| 2024 | 5 | 23 | 33 | 13 |
| 2024 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 22 | 41 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 993 | 993 |