---
title: 'Germany in Autumn (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder'
released: '1978-03-03'
runtime_minutes: 119
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/germany-in-autumn-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077427/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Germany in Autumn (1978)

1978 · 119 min · Drama, Documentary · Germany

Original title: Deutschland im Herbst

## Synopsis

Germany in Autumn is a 1978 West German anthology film about the period of 1977 known as the German Autumn, which was dominated by incidents of terrorism. The film is composed of contributions from different filmmakers, including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz, Bernhard Sinkel, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Katja Rupé, Peter Schubert and Volker Schlöndorff. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Special Recognition award.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder), [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff), [Alexander Kluge](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-kluge), [Edgar Reitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-reitz), [Alf Brustellin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alf-brustellin), [Bernhard Sinkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-sinkel), [Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/beate-mainka-jellinghaus), [Katja Rupé](https://cinepixo.com/people/katja-rupe), [Hans-Peter Cloos](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-peter-cloos), [Maximiliane Mainka](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximiliane-mainka), [Peter Schubert](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-schubert)
- **Screenplay:** [Heinrich Böll](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-boll)

## Cast

- [Hannelore Hoger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannelore-hoger)
- [Helmut Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-schmidt)
- [Mario Adorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-adorf)
- [Horst Mahler](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-mahler)
- [Manfred Rommel](https://cinepixo.com/people/manfred-rommel)
- [Helmut Kohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-kohl)
- [Michael Gahr](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gahr)
- [Manfred Zapatka](https://cinepixo.com/people/manfred-zapatka)
- [André Wilms](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-wilms)
- [Otto Schily](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-schily)
- [Wolf Biermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-biermann)
- [Otto Graf Lambsdorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-graf-lambsdorff)
- [Enno Patalas](https://cinepixo.com/people/enno-patalas)
- [Horatius Haeberle](https://cinepixo.com/people/horatius-haeberle)
- [Vadim Glowna](https://cinepixo.com/people/vadim-glowna)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/germany-in-autumn-1978
Film facts: Wikidata (Q664532); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.