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Germany in Autumn

1978 · 123 min

A dense, uneasy collage of documentary fragments and staged scenes that feels like a nation arguing with itself in real time.

Genres
Documentary, Drama
Overview
Nine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of late 1970s Germany, particularly the two-month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped by the RAF (Red Army Faction). The kidnap had been made to orchestrate the release of the original leaders of the RAF, aka the Baader-Meinhof.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • violence
  • power
  • guilt
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • documentary
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity9
Emotional weight8

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Genres
documentary, drama
Directed by
Alexander Kluge, Hans Peter Cloos, Maximiliane Mainka, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written by
Alf Brustellin, Maximiliane Mainka, Peter Steinbach, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring
Hannelore Hoger, Angela Winkler, Vadim Glowna, Katja Rupé, Heinz Bennent, Wolf Biermann, Joachim Bißmeier, Helmut Griem
Cinematography
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Runtime
123 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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