---
title: 'The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Uli Edel'
released: '2008-09-25'
runtime_minutes: 150
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'History'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Czech Republic'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-baader-meinhof-complex-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765432/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)

2008 · 150 min · Drama, Action, History, Crime · Czech Republic, Germany, France

Original title: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex

## Synopsis

The Baader Meinhof Complex is a 2008 German historical thriller film directed by Uli Edel. Written and produced by Bernd Eichinger, it stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck and Johanna Wokalek. The film is based on the 1985 German best selling non-fiction book of the same name by Stefan Aust. It retells the story of the early years of the West German far-left terrorist organisation the Rote Armee Fraktion from 1967 to 1977.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Uli Edel](https://cinepixo.com/people/uli-edel)
- **Screenplay:** [Bernd Eichinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-eichinger)
- **Producer:** [Bernd Eichinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-eichinger), [Martin Moszkowicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-moszkowicz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Florian Tessloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-tessloff), [Peter Hinderthür](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-hinderthur)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rainer Klausmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-klausmann)
- **Editor:** [Alexander Berner](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-berner)

## Cast

- [Marcus Bode](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcus-bode)
- [Hans-Jürgen Brendel](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-jurgen-brendel)
- [Jim McKay](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-mckay)
- [Peter Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-schneider-2)
- [Michael Schenk](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-schenk)
- [Rainer Reiners](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-reiners)
- [Oliver Walser](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-walser)
- [Heino Ferch](https://cinepixo.com/people/heino-ferch)
- [Hassam Ghancy](https://cinepixo.com/people/hassam-ghancy)
- [Stephan Möller-Titel](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephan-moller-titel)
- [Joachim Schweizer](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-schweizer)
- [Carlo Ljubek](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ljubek)
- [Ben Braun](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-braun)
- [Christian Kerepeszki](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-kerepeszki)
- [Uwe Grimm](https://cinepixo.com/people/uwe-grimm)

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Official site: http://www.baadermeinhofmovie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-baader-meinhof-complex-2008
Film facts: Wikidata (Q166696); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.