Short film
Norbert Kröcher & Operation Leo
1977 · 8 min
A compact, sober news-style account that lays out a foiled kidnapping plot with procedural calm and an undercurrent of unease.
- Directed by
- Bo Holmström
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- Following the 1975 West German Embassy siege in Stockholm, the German Red Army Faction (RAF) terrorist Norbert Kröcher allegedly planned to kidnap Anna-Greta Leijon. The goal was to exchange Leijon for 8 of his comrades held in German prisons. The plan, known as Operation Leo, was intercepted by the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) and Kröcher and other team members was arrested on 31 March in Stockholm.
- How it feels
- Tense, dark and earnest. Brisk and needs your attention.
- About
- Politics, violence, conspiracy, crime
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Bo Holmström
- Genres
- Documentary
