The History of the RAF (2015)

01/08/2015 (DE) • 4h 30m

Documentary

Overview

In 2014, Germany television network ZDF commissioned a comprehensive TV documentary on the history of the Red Army Faction (RAF). In six 45-minute parts, the series describes the origins, rise, and fall of the terrorist organization "Red Army Faction." Interviewees include Winfried Ridder, former head of department at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution; Rainer Hofmeyer, former head of department at the Federal Criminal Police Office; and political scientist Dr. Wolfgang Kraushaar.

Top Billed Cast

Andreas Baader

Self (Archive footage)

6 Episodes

Ulrike Meinhof

Self (Archive footage)

6 Episodes

Gudrun Ensslin

Self (Archive footage)

6 Episodes

Astrid Proll

Self (Interviewee)

6 Episodes

Horst Mahler

Self (Archive footage)

6 Episodes

Fritz Teufel

Self (Archive footage)

6 Episodes

Jan-Carl Raspe

Self (Archive footage)

6 Episodes

Holger Meins

Self (Archive footage)

6 Episodes

Brigitte Mohnhaupt

Self (Archive footage)

6 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2015 | 6 Episodes

Season 1 of The History of the RAF premiered on January 8, 2015.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

German

Keywords

germany

stasi

post war germany

terrorism

east germany

student protest

german politics

west germany

leftist radicalism

domestic terrorism

rote armee fraktion

baader-meinhof gruppe

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