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6 / 10 IMDb May 30, 1979 1h 50m
A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
Director
Runtime
1h 50m
Release Date
May 30, 1979
Genre
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Status
Released
Languages
English, French, German
Country
Germany
Producers
Cast
Harry Baer
as Rudolf Mann
Hark Bohm
as Gerhard Gast
Margit Carstensen
as Petra Vielhaber
Eddie Constantine
as P. J. Lurz
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Jürgen Draeger
as Hans Vielhaber
Udo Kier
as Edgar Gast
Volker Spengler
as August
Hanna Schygulla
as Susanne Gast
Bulle Ogier
as Hilde Krieger
Günther Kaufmann
as Franz Walsch
Claus Holm
as Opa Gast
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Raúl Gimenez
as Paul
Lilo Pempeit
as Mutter Gast
Y Sa Lo
as Ilse Hoffmann
Vitus Zeplichal
as Bernhard von Stein
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
No photo
Rudi Dutschke
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
No photo
Juliane Lorenz
as Job Placement Counselor (uncredited)
Peer Raben
as (uncredited)
No photo
Karsten Voigt
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Production Companies
Tango Film
Filmverlag der Autoren
Pro-ject Filmproduktion
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