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The royal couple landed at 11.05 AM,

in a private plane
at Tempelhof airport.

Empress Farah wore a fox-fur coat
and a black and white hat.

Stefan!

Stefan!

The Shah inspected an honour
guard of the Berlin Police.

Fresh off the press.

Ok.

For all to hear.

My clever star-journalist wife...

wrote an open letter to her
imperial highness Farah Diba.

Don't make a big deal of it.
It'll be in the next edition.

5000 of these fliers are
already at the universities.

Very good.

Good day, Mrs. Pahlevi, there's a story
in the New Review about life in Iran,

about how hot it gets there,
and how you, like most Persians,

like to holiday on the Caspian coast.

Like most Persians?
Isn't that an exaggeration?

Most Persians are farmers and
make less than DM100 a year.

And half of all Persian
mothers die giving birth,

from hunger, poverty and illness.

And the children work 14-hour
days weaving carpets.

Do most of them really holiday
with you at the Caspian seaside?

They write, "The Shah must have a son".

Iranian Law is very
strict on that point.

Strange that it seems so
unimportant to the Shah.

And no official statement is made.

That the Minister of Justice
makes no comment.

That unofficial courts
are held in secret.

That torture is allowed
under Persian law.

We do not want to insult you.

But the German public
should not be insulted

with nonsense like this
in the New Review.

Faithfully,
Ulrike Meinhof.

German Opera House, Berlin
June, 1967

Long live the Shah!

Long live the Shah!
Long live the Shah!

Princess!

Murderers out of West Berlin.

Farah! Farah Diba!

Murderer!

Are they crazy?

Murderer!

Are you crazy?
What are you doing?

Don't push me, you wanker!

Stop!

Is there a doctor here?
Let us through!

It's out of control here.
Are you stupid?

Can you help us?
We have an injured person here.

What is happening?

He was attacking me.
You are mad?

Let's go.

He needs a doctor!

Mrs. Meinhof, why are they were
not on the demonstrator's side?

The right-wing press blamed
the disaster on the students.

Above all the Springer group
tried, in its newspaper,

to label the students as rioters.

To shout is no longer enough,
now they want blood.

But the truth is,

the protest proved that
we live in a Police state.

That the Police and the press went
too far in Berlin on June 2nd.

And that the only freedom
here is for the Police.

But Mrs. Meinhof, with all respect...
We all know that Kurras...

who shot Ohnesorg,
will be acquitted.

That is pure demagogy!
That is demagogy.

In America they discuss using
nuclear weapons in Vietnam,

and Israel starts a war of aggression
with the help of the USA.

which is called preventive war here.
Israel has to defend itself.

Then Hitler's attacks on Poland
and Russia were also preventive.

But you can't say that!
Mrs. Meinhof, I must say...

You must also consider the child.

This woman has nothing
worthwhile to say.

The American Imperialist
machine will not stop!

Vietnam, Bolivia and
now the Near East.

America has supplied Israel
with weapons for years.

Each warplane, each rocket, each tank,
everything comes from the USA.

Or the western industrial nations.
They are not the people's friends!

The pigs want to control the
oil fields of the Near East.

It's just shit to them if
many thousands of people die.

I must now go to church.
You should preach...

that over half the people in the
world do not have enough to eat.

Is it senseless to preach
for a better world?

That those condemned once
again must resist!

You should get married soon.

Ulrike, wait!

Wait!

Finally.

Hello, Baby.
Well, Kitty?

So, here it is.
I hope it's enough.

Will it be enough?
Why?

So...
Hey!

I think... we don't want to
torch the department store

We need hard action to show that
wanker that we're not kidding!

And if people are still inside?
Don't talk like a sissy, Tussi.

Who'd be there at night?
And if there is: a bigger headline!

Are you insane?
Andreas knows what he's doing.

You're under arrest!
Police! Halt!

Idiot!
Police!

Handcuff them!
You're under arrest for arson.

Good morning.

Under continuous bombardment
by American warplanes...

of alleged Vietcong positions,
civilian populations suffer the most.

In the USA, particularly at universities,
these pictures led...

the students to rise up in protest.
In the Federal Republic...

thousands of students protest,
such as these, in Berlin.

The Anarchist Rudi Dutschke
mobilizes the resistance.

Comrades, we don't have much time.

In Vietnam the bombs fall every day.
We must stand up for them.

As Che said, "It is not a matter of wishing
success to the victim of aggression,

but of sharing his fate".

One must accompany him to
his death or to victory.

From German ground...

from German ground wars
are still prepared.

From German ports and
military bases...

the American military
wages the Vietnam war!

We cannot allow this!

We must stop the German government,

from waging this Imperialist war in Vietnam!

Are you Ulrike Meinhof?
Yes.

We are forced to take illegal action...

let sabotage and blockades start now!

We protest against this conference!

Ladies and Gentlemen,
this conference is over!

Get lost!
Away with him.

Ho Chi Minh!
Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!

Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!
Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!

Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!
Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!

Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!
Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh!

Are you Rudi Dutschke?

Yes, I am.
You dirty communist pig!

I am dead.
Let me live.

Father.
Mother.

Soldier...
Soldier...

He's down here!
He went down here somewhere.

Search the building site.
Covering!

You are surrounded!
Come out with hands up!

I can't stand communists.

Rudi Dutschke is in critical condition
after two hours of emergency surgery today.

Only one of the two bullets
could be removed from his head.

Spontaneous demonstrations have
sprung up across the country,

blaming the Springer publishing house
for inciting the assassination attempt.

Springer, Murderer!

I didn't think this
was your style!

Attention, this is the Police!

You are trespassing
on private property.

Leave the area immediately!

Come along!

Frau Meinhof? What are you doing here?
Release her, Frau Meinhof is a journalist.

Dresden!

Hiroshima!

Vietnam!

Dresden!

Hiroshima!

Vietnam!

Che Guevara was captured
by the Bolivian Army...

and then murdered by the CIA...

Yesterday Martin Luther King
was assassinated...

Senator Robert Kennedy was shot...

Republican Richard Nixon becomes
the 37th President of the USA

Soldiers in Mexico City sealed off
the street and fired into the crowd.

One of the first Soviet vehicles
into Czechoslovakia...

The students call the protests
in Paris cultural revolution.

The state calls it anarchy.

The more I hear of this shouting,

the clearer it becomes we need to ensure
the rule of law in this country.

In agreement with Andreas Baader
I want to make a statement.

He and I placed the bomb
in the department store.

We did it to protest against
the indifference...

of people who sit and watch
the genocide in Vietnam.

We believe that speech
without action is wrong.

Order, please!

Order, please!

Mr.Mahler?

Could you do us the honour of allowing
the court to share the joke?

The judges can hardly understand
the ideas Ms.Ensslin and Mr.Baader.

Otherwise they would take off their robes
and joined the protests themselves.

Order!

Order, please!

Mr.Ensslin, your daughter wanted to
address your generation with her act.

Whatever they wanted to do,
it comes to this,

Our generation that experienced how,
in the name of the people...

concentration camps were built.

Antisemitism spread and
genocide committed.

And now the system will not permit
reformation, a new beginning.

How do you explain that,
with the world as it is?

It's amazing that Gudrun, who considers
things very rationally and intelligently,

by one foolish act, experienced...

a state of almost euphoric self
realization through this act.

A holy self implementation.

I feel that she created
something free with her act.

Even in the family,
I feel liberated...

of a tightness and a fear,
that had ruled my life before.

It took the fear from me.

Throw a single stone,
and that is a crime.

Throw a thousand stones and
that is a political action.

Set fire to a car,
that is a crime.

Burn a thousand cars and
that is a political act.

Protest is saying:
I disagree with this and that.

Resistance is saying:

I will put a stop
to this and that.

Thanks for making this possible.
It's OK, I've read your work.

Can one stop the genocide in Vietnam
by burning down a department store?

No... it was an error,
as I said in court.

It was an act of rebellion.
But it was pointless...

while Fascism grows as strong
as it was under Hitler.

This time we offer resistance.
Out of responsibility before history.

People, here and in America,
must eat. Must eat and buy.

But they do not think about it,
they just consume.

We wanted them to think
about it a little.

So you burned down
a department store?

I will never resign myself
to doing nothing. Never.

If people try to murder us,
like Ohnesorg and Dutschke,

then we will shoot back.
That is only consistent.

Do you really mean that?

All over the world comrades
fight with guns in hand.

We must become soldiers.
We fight already.

And if the fascists throw
you into prison for it?

Such victims they'll have.

Or do you believe that you'll change
something with your grand theory?

Sorry, I meant to be curt.

Is Baader or Gudrun here?
Gudrun is up there.

Oh! Sorry!
Hello! Who are you?

I'm Peter Boock.
And I'm Gudrun.

Are you a runaway?

Youth Training Centre.
There are others here, too.

They'll soon come and join us.
They gather up here.

Can I bathe afterwards?
Bathe now.

No wasting water here.
Tell me about yourself?

Where did you get that?
Youth Training Centre, Lucky City.

I heard about it.
You nearly burned the place down.

The bastards nearly beat
us to death for it.

If they catch me,
no more till I turn 21.

Don't let it worry you.
You're part of our family now.

You were locked up for arson, too?

We are free on appeal.

At least we can
make an appeal.

And so we make it.
And if they find me?

Andreas and I must disappear,
if our appeal is rejected.

Tell me... do I see right?
You trying to fuck my old lady?

Well, Kitty?

Hey.

Andreas, this is Peter.

What happened to you?
The staff at Lucky City.

Then we should tear
some new arseholes.

Great leather jacket!

Here, it's yours.

Let's go, to Darmstadt!
We don't have enough cars.

We steal two or three.

Only the gun cures the rigidity.

Go on, fire away!

Fire at will!

We have made extraordinary efforts...

to understand what the people want.
We want more democracy.

These are the words of the new Federal Chancellor
Willy Brandt as he takes office...

Reconcile with students and end
the 3 years of continuous riots.

The reform promises to create peace
at the universities and the basis,

to bring the outside parliamentary
opposition into the democratic process.

And what do you believe?
I think the worst is over.

The protest movement
has lost its momentum.

Groups which feel existentially oppressed

will not hesitate,

to bomb whatever parts of
society they see as oppressive.

Rome, Italy
February, 1970

Over here!
Can't you see us?

Gudrun?

Andreas... Hello, Astrid.
Mister Counsellor.

And? What are your plans?
What's next for you?

Can't you talk normally?
Do you really think Interpol are after us?

because those jerks in
Frankfurt rejected our appeal?

We're not going back to prison.

Then come to Berlin, illegally.
We're building up a new group.

We're further along than you'd think.
What have your guys done?

A lot's happened since you've been away.
We have good contacts.

Houses, ID, money, weapons.
We can provide everything.

Yeah, under your leadership.
The illegal underground attorney.

I'm shitting myself.
Let him finish.

They couldn't steal grandma's puppy!
That's not the point.

Where's Dutschke now?
Living in London.

He's crippled, can hardly speak.

Since he was shot, nobody leads
while the struggle goes on.

The struggle would have been won,
if they hadn't screwed it up.

Show us what you're made of.
Steal the purse from granny's bag.

Baby...
I want to know if he's got the balls.

Or is it all just talk?

Oh, man!

Fucking shit, they're stealing my car!

Hey! Stop!
You fucking spaghetti-muncher!

Shit! You dumb bitch,
you left the car open again!

So what? Steal another one.
You sissy!

Sissy! Fuck all this!

Why?

What are you doing here?
Why come to us?

So call the cops!

Where's Ulrike?
In bed.

Where's the bedroom?
Back there.

Wait a minute.

Quiet, you'll wake the children.

We're back.

They're hunting you, you know.
Big deal.

Can we stay here for a while?
Yes, of course.

We're recruiting here in Berlin.
And in other cities.

We're expanding the group.
Political conditions change.

What are your plans?
What kind of stupid question is that?

We take action.
If it goes wrong, too bad.

So, that's it for me.
Where can I crash?

I'll join you in a moment.

What does he mean, though?
He means exactly what he said.

Andreas does not compromise.
You must understand that.

Andreas is more of a revolutionary
than all the rest of us together.

Sounds great when you're stoned.

You look unhappy.

I saw a film about Youth Homes.
Girls there are treated like shit.

I thought I could do something
about it but they remain shitty.

But Peggy there escaped.

What we need is a new morality.

You must see that clearly.

Draw a line between
you and our enemies.

You must leave the system
and burn your bridges.

And your son?
That you may never see again?

If you're serious, you have
to be prepared to suffer.

Andreas also has a baby daughter.

I could never leave my children.

Shit.

Do you know how fast you were going?
No, do you?

Show me your license, please.

And the registration papers, please.

I'm sorry about this, officer.

My friend seems to
have thrown them out.

You live in Rome, Mr.Hoger?
Yes.

Your date of birth?
14/6, 19...

39.

You don't seem too sure about it.
It was a long time ago.

And?

They're holding him in Moabit jail.

We have to get him out.
I'll help.

Me too.

How?
Tying sheets together?

You can write about it afterwards.
That's all you're good for.

Perhaps Andreas should
just serve the ten months.

Shit! Freeing Prisoners is
what we're always talking about.

We'll show the pigs what we can do,
if they lock up our people.

We're getting Andy out! Now!

We can't visit him
in prison anyway.

You be a publisher, we'll get
in staging a book contract.

Good day.

This is Dr.Gretel Weitemeier,
who will be publishing our book.

Pleased to meet you.
The pleasure's all mine.

Baam!
Are you insane?

Man, it's just a toy gun.
Looks real though, eh?

Where did you get that?
From Gudrun.

We've got a lot of things, now.
And who is "we"?

I cannot say.

Well, I can - Gudrun, Astrid, Ingrid.

I bought you some Aspirin.
Ulrike?

She's only a decoy.

You told me you wouldn't be involved!

What is your part in all this?
Well?

Mahler arranged for Andreas and I
to visit the Sociological Institute...

to research our book.
They're allowing him out for that?

With a Police escort, of course.
That's where we come in.

Inside the Institute, we stick
guns in their faces...

and run away with Baader.
And you?

I stand back and look surprised.
That's all.

Now can we get on with dinner?

But you're all women.
What if they don't take you seriously?

Mahler knows some professionals, we'll have help.
Mahler says...

it'll be a piece of cake.
I don't believe it.

The cops have real guns,
not like that piece of junk.

This is completely insane!

I have to go through with it.

Mr.Baader, in the event of an escape attempt,
we are authorized to shoot.

I want to make sure you know that.
You needn't worry about it.

I've seen you on TV.
Hopefully I am interesting.

Yes, very. Would you need anything else?
Thanks, I'll manage.

Hey.
Hey.

Sit down here.

Could I get a cup of coffee?
Of course.

Are you married? Do you have any children?
Yes, wife and child.

So, moving along.
We have...

I told you yesterday,
come back after noon today.

The reading room is occupied.
Then we'll wait here.

It's a long wait.
We have time.

In the following discussion...

Go, quick, let's move.
What do you want here?

Shit!

Hands up!
Up against the wall!

C'mon, Kitty!

Gudrun! Help me!

Stay down!

According to reports the kidnappers
shot the doorman with tear gas.

They overpowered the guards and
released Baader by force.

My God, the children!

Go, children, run.

Quickly.

We say, "The uniform-wearer is a pig, not a human".

And so we treat it as such.
We will not negotiate with them.

It is wrong to talk at
all with these people.

And of course, they may be shot
when we consider necessary.

The gun makes its statement.
It is possible,

in our actions, our enemies
may occasionally triumph.

But where it is important,
they will not beat us.

Our success will belong to history.

Jordan, 1970

Welcome to the camp!
The attorney looks like Fidel Castro!

Welcome Andreas. Hi, Gudrun.
Which way to Havana?

This is Achmed, the Commander.
This is Gudrun and Andy.

The men sleep here, the women there!
What?

The rules of the camp.
Forget that, we sleep together... there!

We're staying together.

What do you think you are?
This is not a holiday camp.

You have to stick to the rules.

What's Ali Baba saying?
Forget it... come

It's okay.

It's fine, sleep where you like.
Take the luggage.

All in this house here.

Next line!
Down! Down!

Keep your head down!
Keep your head down!

Faster! Faster!

Fucking shit!
Hey stop!

This has nothing to do with our job!
This has nothing to do with our job!

We are urban guerrillas, understand?
We don't fight in the desert!

This is not the job we
are doing in Germany.

We are urban guerrillas.
We don't belong in the desert!

This is our program!
We are at war with Israel!

Tell that camel-jockey we
fight against bank guards!

Bank Guards!

We wanna rob Banks!
We need a different training.

His trousers sure look great!
Sure they do.

What are they laughing about?
We're just admiring your trousers.

You've got them a little dirty.

Stop them!
Leave them!

Stop it!

Put down the gun!
I'll finish you off, cocksucker.

Baby, leave it.
he's one of us.

No, he is not one of us.

He's only here because he's
scared of the cops in Germany.

You okay?
Yes.

If this happens again, we'll have
to disarm you and send you back!

SICILY, ITALY
1970

You're homesick, right?

Which means you give up.
These people are fighting a war...

What does our situation in
Germany have to do with it?

You can't force a revolution in Germany,
even with a Kalashnikov.

Germany is just one front.

We fight with comrades everywhere
against injustice and oppression.

I thought you knew that.
And what about your children?

You live underground.
Why bring them into it?

Sooner or later it'll come out that I did
not participate in the Baader escape.

Then I can go back legally.

I could take care of the children.

That sounds very much like betrayal.

Betrayal?
To who?

Look after yourself.

Stop it!

What now?
Can't we have a little fun?

How dare do you waste
our ammunition!

I'm tired of this shit!

You will not get ammunition
for the next days!

He won't give us any more ammunition.
Then we go on strike.

What are they staring at?
Probably never seen naked women before.

Hey, look who's here.

What does one do with a traitor?

People's court.

What is this?
What are you doing?

Dress up!

He asks us to get dressed.
Why should we?

Sexual freedom and the fight
against imperialism go together.

He doesn't understand, Baby.

Fucking and shooting are the same!

Fucking and shooting are the same!

Abu Hassan is commander of the whole camp.
He'll deal with this, don't worry.

Just be quiet.

So, we'll help you to
get back to Germany...

He wants to help us,
return to Germany.

What about weapons and logistics?
Ask him that?

How about weapons, logistics, passports?
Can we work together in Germany?

We know who is Comrade
and who is not.

Everything that has narrowfied
against Israel will be done.

At the moment, he'll probably do nothing.
Maybe later.

Pst.

We have a problem
with Ulrike's kids.

They are in Sicily now where
they cannot stay any longer.

Is it possible to send them to Jordan to one
of those camps for Palestinian orphans?

Generally speaking, yes... but if we accept them,
she'll never be able to see them again.

We accept that.

What is with Peter?
Where is he?

We had to separate
him from your group.

He is an Israeli spy.

Shoot him.

You should have talked to me before.

Don't worry...

we'll bring you out.

West Berlin, Germany
September 1970

Hands up!

Don't move!
Get down on the floor!

This is a hold-up!
Get away from the window!

Get down!

In West-Berlin today, a gang robbed
three different banks in 10 minutes.

In Breitenbach Platz, three
masked men and one woman.

At 8.10 AM four men
dressed in parkas...

The robbers got away with
approximately DM200,000...

It is believed that the robbers

are militant left-wing extremists.

Detectives found a bag of
ski-masks dumped by the bandits.

They left handbills with the text:
'Expropriate from enemies of the people'.

DM217,449.50

Not bad for 10 minutes work.
Ulrike should write a statement.

Make clear that we only took
the money of capitalists.

That only the rich need be worried.
Yeah, liberal wankers think that's good.

Stupid woman! Can't you be careful?
Shit-for-brains!

And so was the revolution made!

Some say, Bank robbery is not political.

Revolutionaries in Latin America
call bank robbery expropriation.

Official Statement
on Bank robbery.

It is politically
right to expropriate.

It is strategically right,
if it finances the revolution.

Your children are gone.
What?

I just heard from Sicily.
The man who took them even knew the code word.

Stefan!

They're surely are with
your ex, the old fascist.

The Baader-Meinhof group will become
accepted as leaders of the revolution.

What are you doing there?
Hey, that's my car!

Yesterday five arrests were made:
Attorney Horst Mahler,

student Peggy Schenau...

In the young woman's handbag,
police found a Belgian pistol.

The charges: Possession of guns,
falsification of identity papers,

car theft, burglary,
theft and armed robbery.

In Mahlheim, Dortmund and Konstanz,
the prisoners face similar charges.

Show me your identity papers.

Get back!

Further threats of violence...

The trial of Astrid Berger began today.

According to a study by the
Allensbacher Institute...

25% of Germans under 30
are sympathetic to the RAF.

That's about 7 million people.

Which makes finding them
a lot more difficult.

Lobster soup.

So we plan to computerize identity papers.

I'll explain by giving you an example.

Underground terrorists naturally
hide their identities from authority.

Without the new ID card...

no bank account.

Now they'll find it hard
to rent somewhere to live.

Everything will require the new cards.
Gas, water, electricity.

In Frankfurt alone, 16,000 customers
usually pay bills in cash.

We will no longer accept cash.
All customers will have to use their new ID.

No ID: No health care, either.
And then?

Then we take it further.
For example...

No ID: No driving license,
no child support payments.

If everyone has to have an ID, the last
handful who don't are suspects.

That is a mathematical certainty.

In the long term it does
nothing to smash heads.

Or, as some would prefer,
to cut heads off.

Not the police,

but political powers
resistant to change,

allow terrorism to develop.

That is my opinion.

Oh and say hello to
the minister for me.

Shit!

Floor it!

Halt!

Freeze! Hands up!
You too!

Go! Go!
Petra, go!

Drop your weapons!

Kiss my arse!

Stop, girl!
Freeze! Hands up!

Hello, Werner.
You're back early.

Excuse me, this is my house.
You said one night only.

Oh, you'll have your way.
We'll be gone tomorrow.

Well, then.
Tomorrow.

Two people, a man and a woman,
ran a police roadblock...

What's wrong?

That's Petra's car.

The woman was killed in the
shootout that followed.

She opened fire when ordered
to lay down her weapon.

Shit.

This is war.
Now we kill a pig.

Cold-blooded murder.
Obviously they're shooting to kill.

They'll be hunting us all now.
We must attack the cops directly.

Shoot down their helicopters!
Blow up their stations!

That goes against our policy.
I shit on the policy!

The armed fight against Imperialists...

is against the US military presence
in Germany and in West Berlin.

We need to re-think our strategies.
Do you think we need better plans?

We need more safety precautions.

Actions in cities we don't
know well are unwise.

What happened to Petra must not re-occur.
Fuck-ups like that...

are not caused by bad planning.
It went wrong, it was a mistake.

Her mistake! Not the group's.
People must follow the plans.

It was not the group's fault!

The plans are all over the place.
Made up as we go along...

Nobody questions why they go wrong.
You cunt!

Your idea of emancipation is
the freedom to shout at men!

Baby, you know that's nonsense.

General Daniel Chase, Chief-of-staff at
the Pentagon in Washington, says...

The US Air Force does not bomb...

targets south of 17 degrees latitude.

For the mass-murders in Vietnam...

West Germany and West Berlin
should not be safe bases.

They must know that their crimes
against the Vietnamese people...

have created bitter enemies.

That there is no place in the world

safe from attack by
revolutionary Guerrilla units.

Official Statement on bombing:

We demand an end to
the bombing of Vietnam.

We demand the withdrawal
of US troops from Indochina.

We demand an end to the
naval blockade of North Vietnam.

Police Headquarters, Augsburg

Police foreman Herbert Saver was shot.

A bullet hit him in the chest,
the other in the main artery.

The injured man, who was also shot was
a 25 year old Manfred Fichtner from Kiel.

He was in Hamburg on March 3, 1972
when policeman Heinz Eckart was shot.

We carry out attacks on
judge and state lawyers

in retaliation against them
for holding political prisoners.

We demand that these laws are repealed.

We have no other means
to enforce our demands.

Petra Schelm Brigade.

Police headquarters in
Augsburg were attacked today.

Five policemen were injured.
An attack in Munich followed.

Experts are searching for the
remains of the explosive device.

The senior public prosecutor has
offered 10,000 Marks reward.

The car is being examined by
Federal Police specialists.

Here in these computer files we have saved
the details of more or less 10,000 people

who must be classified as
sympathizers of the RAF.

A bomb tore apart the car of
High Court Judge Wolfgang Buddenberg,

as his wife started the engine.

Judge Buddenberg ruled against
the Baader-Meinhof group.

His wife remains in hospital
with serious injuries...

but is out of intensive care.

Shit, we need more grinders.

Just before the curfew time
from 2:00 PM in Stuttgart...

Checks at all exit roads and entrances
to the city were enforced.

MPs, policemen are dominant with machine guns.
Until yesterday morning, the police...

Axel Springer publishing house.
A bomb will go off in 5 minutes time.

Evacuate the building.
Who are you?

Is it the nutcase again?
Please stop calling us.

Stupid pig!

We demand that Springer newspapers

stop publishing lies about liberation
movements of the third world,

particularly about the
movement to free Palestine.

Our actions will only cease
when our demands are met.

The Federal Government condemns these
attacks with indignation and abhorrence.

Federal Chancellor Brandt called
the attacks cowardly and devious.

Springer accepted the risk that
the bomb threat was genuine

rather than lose profits by
evacuating their workers.

For capitalism,
profit is everything,

people, who create it, are dirt.

We are deeply sorry that
workers were injured...

What do you suggest?

They can see that the
government is under pressure.

We strike the water.
Pardon?

When you strike the water,
the fish surface...

I need the entire police force,
detectives, uniformed, all of them.

For one day, under the command of the
Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

But that would be...
That would be at least 130,000 men.

That's right.
And all the helicopters, too.

And to close the borders.

We hit the entire
Federal Republic in one day.

That'll drive the fish
up and into our nets.

Cars are being searched all
motorways and arterial roads,

causing long delays
at border crossings.

All available officials in
West Germany are taking part.

By noon today, police in
Hamburg checked 15,000 cars.

It's a police state,
just like you said.

The public supports these measures.

It's not looking good
for the Revolution.

Shut up! Urban guerrillas operate in the
rift between the state and the people!

Checkpoints have been set up at all public
buildings, airports and sporting events.

Vehicles were searched, photographs of
possible RAF members were distributed.

As Mao Tse-tung once said...
you've heard it before...

but I'll remind you today.
He said:

When the enemy slanders us,

that is good, because it proves,

that there is a clear
line between them and us.

When the enemy paints us
in the blackest colors,

that's better, because it shows,

that there is not only a clear
distinction between them and us,

but also that we have achieved
a great deal in our work.

The container.
It's been moved.

That's not my powder.

Don't move!
Police!

Freeze!
Drop the gun!

Halt! Police!
Drop the gun!

Shit!

Throw your weapons into
the yard and come out!

The longer you wait,
the stronger our forces.

We have you surrounded.
There is no chance of escape.

Come out or we'll storm the building.
Why are you waiting?

I repeat: Come out now.

You have no chance,
this is not a game.

Do you want to get
out of this alive?

There is no chance of escape.

Your only chance is
to surrender now.

If you come out with hands up,
nothing will happen to you.

We can wait all day.
We are in control here.

We control the entire area.
There is no way out.

Police searching for the
Baader-Meinhof group

in Frankfurt this morning
achieved a major success

Beside Baader, Holger Meins were arrested,
which greatly weakens the leadership of the group.

Shit.

There, great Terrorist.
Shoot your way out.

That's for Norbert.
And that's for Heinz.

Can I try it on?
Changing room over there.

This way.
That's the jacket.

No! No!

No! Help!

No! Fucking cops!

Let go! No!

Is that you?

Are you Ulrike Meinhof?

Silence.

I'm over here!
I'm over here!

Here!

I'm over here!

Here!

The Minister of the Interior congratulates
you on your great successes.

The Minister of the Interior
says the RAF is finished.

I now declare the 1972 Olympic Games open.

World record!

In disguise, into the Israeli team's rooms.

Israeli Coach Moshe Weinberg was
killed with two shots to the head...

The Black September group is demanding
the release of over 230 prisoners

in exchange for the
release of the hostages.

If the prisoners are not released
the hostages will be killed...

Our worst fears have
become bitter reality.

With the terrible events
of the past week...

at The Munich Olympics,
all of our hopes for peace...

have come crashing down.

We cannot remove all the hatred
and violence from this world

We must be prepared to
fight the forces of evil.

Gentlemen,

our duty is to fight terrorism.

And, if possible, to end it.
Tell me your ideas.

We need a special force,
to shut down these lunatics.

Strong words don't work
against terrorists.

A special-purpose force
is absolutely crucial.

But those measures alone
will not solve the problem.

The roots lie deeper.
Namely?

The Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Nobody pays attention to that.

So the terrorists try to force
the world to pay attention.

So you approve of their aims?
Nadler, don't talk rubbish.

I never said that.
However...

one must understand their motives.

So, you allow these murderers
a special status?

No! But we can't fight
such forces rigidly.

And our ignorance promotes terrorism!

It's true, but the question is...

whether terrorism is
the new form of war.

Whether it replaces conventional war,
which does not take place any more.

I don't follow you.
What about the victims?

Or their loved ones?
I understand your anger.

But our duty is to fight terrorism.

And to do that we must understand
the problems of the third world.

The Middle East conflict, the Vietnam war.
Understand these problems objectively!

It feels like an explosion in the head.

Like the cell is full of pressure.

The one feeling I can't suppress: Rage.

The is no release from the pressure.
That's the worst thing about isolation.

The clear knowledge that one does
not have a chance of survival.

Today we begin a hunger strike.

We demand change to one
of the prison conditions:

Equal conditions for political
prisoners to all other prisoners.

A hunger strike is our only way...

to resist in solitary confinement.

The hunger strike is to show

that we will not compromise.

We expect explosions
in the prison system.

The goals must be set out
so that each Rocker,

so everyone, does not lose
their sense of purpose.

That is, so that they do not break us.

We can say, "Each 3rd week or
each 2nd or 4th week, whatever...

one of us will die".

And so on, until the isolation,

until the torture for all is waived.

But the hunger strike will only work
if we all stick to it together

Until our demands are met.
Even if some of us die.

Counsellor, just a few minutes.
The prisoner is very much weakened.

Gudrun wrote to me.

This is our goal. You decide it,
when you die. Freedom or death.

Just in case, if I pass from this life,

It's murder.

If the pigs keep this up, it's murder.
Do not believe the lies of murderers.

Get me a cigarette.

I don't know what will
happen, I should die.

If I'm killed.

What next?

That's it.

Which side is right?

It's not so clear.

The final battle to free
mankind from the pigs.

West German Embassy,
Sweden, 1975

The revolutionary struggle.

With love for life and
with contempt for death.

I serve the people.

Get the prison doctor here, now.
But it's the weekend.

Then get his assistant.
We don't have one.

Then call in an outside doctor.
We're not authorized.

He's dying in there!
Get a doctor! Now!

Unfortunately, we can't do a thing.

One day after the death
of Holger Meins,

of the Baader-Meinhof Group,
who died while on hunger strike,

Berlin Chief Justice Drenkmann
was shot dead in his home.

We do not shed tears for Drenkmann.
We are pleased by his execution.

attacks on judges and lawyers
who prosecuted the Anarchists.

Lawyers for Holger Meins today
launched a wrongful death action...

It was necessary, because each
judge and cop must know...

that they will be held
responsible for their deeds.

That's Rudi Dutschke.

Holger, the fight goes on.

The trial of Baader and the others
begins in 4 weeks, here in Stammheim.

The pictures are of the
security wing on the 7th floor.

The prisoners will be kept here.
Men and women together?

Indeed, they demanded it.
Outrageous.

So they will cooperate during the trial.
We provide a terror center!

It's important that the
trial goes smoothly.

We, the Federal Police can monitor
the group's communications.

And we most certainly will.

German Embassy, Sweden
1975

Go! Go!

Everyone out! Go!

The German Embassy in Stockholm
was occupied by terrorists today.

They threaten to kill hostages
unless their demands are met.

The terrorists have released a
statement to the German government.

Eye-witnesses reported shots.
The police closed off the area.

About 100 People reportedly
remain in the embassy.

Emergency units are treating
those who escaped the building

A caller claiming to be a member
of the RAF demanded the release...

Authorities believe the attack
is a last desperate attempt...

to demand the release of RAF prisoners
in Stammheim before the trial begins.

No fire in the cell!
Kiss my arse. We're leaving.

will shoot one hostage every hour.

Storm the building and we blow up it.
We leave only...

if our demands are fulfilled.

Withdraw or they blow it up!

They refuse to withdraw.
Then we prove we're serious. Translate.

I am Von Mirbach, Military Attache.
They will shoot me...

if you do not withdraw.
Leave! Leave now!

The first explosion occurred
shortly before midnight.

In minutes the whole building was in flames,
while the terrorists dug in.

The explosions followed
each other closely...

as police stormed the
burning building.

The hostage drama, which ended last
night in explosions and gunfire,

has claimed at least three lives,
two of them embassy staff.

Among them was Heinz Hillegaart,
chief of the catering department.

It is still unclear whether he was shot,
like Military Attache Von Mirbach,

or whether he died in the explosions.
The 3rd death was one of the terrorists.

Five terrorists were arrested:
Siegfried Hausner, Bernhard Ressner,

Karl-Heinz Dellwo, Lutz Taufner
and Hanna Krabbe.

What a shitty action.

Shitty action!

The Swedish government delivered
the captured terrorists to Germany.

Today the severely wounded
Siegfried Hausner was flown to Stammheim.

I'll hold you responsible!
If the prisoner dies,

he'll be, after Holger Meins,
the second to die in our custody.

With such incompetence we'll
give the RAF another martyr!

This is a prison.
We're not equipped for severely wounded people!

We must keep him here: Orders.
That's completely insane.

The two public defenders are
sufficient for Mr.Baader.

If he doesn't want them, too bad.

They do not defend me.
They never even spoke with me!

Incidentally, someone has written
head off beside my microphone.

Beside my microphone it says head off!
What do you think it means?

I don't know what it means.

I am unable to take
part in this trial.

I am not nearly able,
in this place, at this time,

I cannot say what...
I mean... I can't tell...

I request an examination for us,
by an independent physician.

Rejected.

They say we're not isolated because
we have slightly larger cells.

I say, We were, up till a short time ago,

completely isolated for the last 3 years!

Our only human contact was through
a tiny slot in the cell door.

Someone stood behind the door and wrote.
I rule you out of order!

Why do you change my notes
suddenly, without explanation?

Because that things you
write have no power.

There's no need to do that.

You jump on my errors and
go on and on about it.

I could write a book on your foolishness.
Guard!

Your tired act, I'm sick of it.

I've had my fill of this.
You're driving me crazy!

Really, I don't get it.

What's their problem, the bitches?

It's the last straw that they
allowed Hausner to die.

They're not fooling anyone.
You're a bullshit revolutionary!

We have to get out of here.

It's not easy to recruit
new troops after Stockholm.

You argue with your emotion,
you shitty egoist! You have no clue!

Not a clue!
Piss off!

Piss off, arsehole!

Get us out of here, you sow!

Get us out of here!

Sow! Arsehole!

Get us out of here, you sow!

Mrs. Meinhof, you are obliged to remain.
The accusations against you stand.

You can't force me, arsehole.

I decide that, arsehole or not.

It's about time you admitted it.

The accused is today excluded,

Because she called the
chairman an arsehole.

Then you also exclude me.
That's not for you to decide!

Does it come to physical force?
Sit! Sit down in your place.

Go on with your ridiculous procedure.
I'll disturb it so long as I'm here.

Do we really need to hear it?

I'll say it too,
You're a fascist arsehole!

We can't defend ourselves
so we refuse to participate.

Old sow.

You... you are deranged!

Did I hear you
call me an old sow?

Did I hear that right,
or am I mistaken?

I want it to be carefully noted!
And you, Mr.Baader,

You called me a fascist arsehole.

Filthy rat.

The defendants are excused.

This court adjourns for consultation.

Ulrike, how is she? Very dark.
A Vampire, trembling with blood lust.

Ulrike tries to laugh,
it doesn't work.

Necrophile, hysteric.
Really absolutely ugly me.

Although I still say my
reason hasn't left me.

It's separate from me.

This is shit.

She gives me false information.
Gudrun transcribes it wrong.

Why do you do that?
Is it because you want to torment me?

I return the agony.
An eye for an eye.

I don't look at it.
I can't bear it.

I am not a witch but
I am sometimes brutal.

Don't pretend.
You hate us, it's obvious.

So stop eating, until you're
better, or go to the Devil.

How are we to attain our goals,
if we blow workers up?

Show the reports you wrote on us.
I know, Springer was an error.

That went against our aims.
We've discussed this a thousand times.

We've been through this! Many times!
The action was counter revolutionary!

Real revolutionaries would
have shot you for that!

The question is:
How can an isolated prisoner...

make the authorities recognize that
his behavior has changed? How?

In isolation, the prisoner can't
show that his behaviour has changed.

There's only one possibility.
And that is betrayal.

The prisoner in isolation
has no other chance.

So there are two possibilities.

I will speak now!
A prisoner can be silent,

and die or a prisoner can talk.

That is confession and betrayal.
And based on this fact,

the Federal High Court resolution
makes a clear and definite statement.

That is torture.
Designed to force confessions.

To confuse, demoralize and punish.

You're the knife in
the back of the RAF.

Because you never learn.

It is mysterious,
if I say I can't bear it?

I don't bear it any more.
That is what I can't bear.

We are responsible for the
attacks on CIA headquarters...

on the 5th US Corps in Frankfurt
and on US headquarters in Heidelberg.

We are also responsible for the bombing

of the Springer building.
Beyond that, we have no knowledge.

We had no part in the planning or
the execution of any other actions.

The Anarchist Ulrike Meinhof
took her own life.

She was found dead this morning
in her cell in Stuttgart, Stammheim.

Ulrike Meinhof,
that was murder!

The 41-year-old hung herself with
a towel tied to the window bars.

There will be an
autopsy later today.

The 109th day of the hearing in Stammheim
was unusually crowded this morning.

The court-appointed defense
counsels made a request...

to adjourn the trial for 10 days.

To investigate whether Ulrike
Meinhof really committed suicide.

We believe Ulrike was executed.

We don't know how but we know who.
Chief Federal Prosecutor Buback said:

The State protects those
who support the State.

Herold and I always find a way.
These defamatory remarks...

It was a coldly conceived execution!
Like Holger Meins and Siegfried Hausner!

The execution of Ulrike now!

Fascist! Murderer!
Silence!

Under your jurisdiction as judges
two prisoners out of five were killed!

Why were Schubert, Meller and
Mohnhaupt brought to Stammheim?

The public prosecutor's office gave
in to the pressure of public opinion.

I allowed it, in order to
prevent further suicides.

Baader and Ensslin...

RAF prisoners were allowed
to transfer to Stammheim.

Time's up! Return to your cells!
Stop bothering us.

Mohnhaupt will be free in 7 Months.
Those jerks guaranteed it.

Baader and Ensslin
probably insisted on it.

Stammheim Prison, Stuttgart
February 1977

Lovely to see you.

Are you Charlie?

I want to talk with him alone.

Andreas and Gudrun trust you.
How are they?

They're shitty!
We must get them out of there, soon.

Before they end up
like Ulrike and Holger.

A few think we should hijack
a 747 and circle it over Bonn.

With an ultimatum to exchange
our people in 6 to 8 hours.

Then let it fall.
In the middle of Bonn.

We heard of that plan. No.
No actions against the people.

We stick with the kidnappings.
How far advanced are you?

Ready to go.
Here, before I forget it...

I brought this for you.

Nearly 5 years prison...
It's a long time.

That's how long since
I fucked a guy.

They need weapons.
If another escape attempt fails...

They want to be able
to make a choice.

You must not mention it to the others.
No matter what happens.

Very pretty, the medal.
Very much.

Congrats!

You work on your honour day?

Gottfried Hagemann.
You remember, the lawyer. With his arrest...

We found coded operational plans on him.

Big arsehole.

HM Auschecken. Margarine.
What is your conclusion?

Siegfried, we're expecting an
act of revenge against you.

On 7th April 1977, Kommando Ulrike Meinhof
executed Chief Federal Prosecutor Buback.

Siegfried Buback was directly responsible for murders of
Holger Meins, Siegfried Hausner and Ulrike Meinhof.

As Chief Federal Prosecutor,
he ordered their murders.

Under Bubacks regime,
Holger on 9.11.74.

was murdered by starvation.

Under Bubacks regime,
Ulrike on 9.5.76.

was illegally executed,

in a faked suicide by hanging.

Under our laws, for which
Ulrike fought, justice was done.

We will not allow our
comrades to be murdered,

We will show the authorities that
when prisoners continue to fight,

killing them will not solve the
problem. Kommando Ulrike Meinhof.

We could not protect him.
I ask myself:

Why do new terror units always
develop? What motivates them?

A myth.

Come on in, Mr.Ponto
is expecting you.

Thanks.

You brought a whole committee.
I wanted to show them your place.

My friends. Klara.
Good day.

Gerd.
Mr.Ponto, shall I stay?

No, you may go.
Come outside.

What a lovely surprise.
I'll be with you in a moment.

I'll put those in a vase.
Sit down.

Klara.

Go to the exit. Come along.
Are you mad?

You are a prisoner of the RAF.
Are you mad?

Go, get out!

I didn't want that!
How do I explain to my parents?

We agreed, no guns!
And only a tap on the head, if he resists.

We wanted to kidnap him!
Why are you here?

To play the female Robin Hood
without getting your hands dirty?

You crybaby! You sign the claim
of responsibility. No! Never!

On the execution of Ponto, we say:

It is a clear warning to those types.

If you wage war on the people,
then war will be waged on you.

Susanne Albrecht,
soldier of the RAF.

The door stays open!

We do not accept locked doors!
Hey! No locked doors!

Now you'll have the
war you wanted!

You pigs! You filthy pigs!

Let me go. Idiot.
Fucking shitty cops!

You wanker!
Fucking leave her alone!

You sow!
Let go!

How much longer?
Soon. Nearly done.

229, 12th line, 4th word.

9, 10, 11, 12...
3,4.

Finished.

We forestalled our
planned liquidation.

We retain our identity.

We know there is a
concrete plan to kill us.

Surrender is impossible.
You must hurry.

We do not need to say more.

That is clear. If we do nothing,
they've given us straight facts.

What straight facts?
It's very clear, OK?

If we don't get them out
immediately, they're dead.

Now what?
Schleyer goes on vacation tomorrow.

For how long?
Several weeks.

Then let's do it
tomorrow. Why not?

We'll have to do it the hard way.
What's that mean? Hard?

It means we shoot the escorts,
all of them, to get to Schleyer.

The SEK are armed and trained.
It'll be a combat situation.

The driver isn't SEK, though.
You miserable wanker!

The prisoners will be murdered!
Stop it!

Let's get our plan in order.
I can't do this.

I can't be a part of this.
OK. Then you better leave now.

We need to discuss plans.
They don't concern you any more.

Brigitte, you can't do this.
If you're captured again...

I am in charge here.
We'll discuss that later.

Now let's find out who's
willing to do it the hard way.

What about you?

It's safe to assume...

that Schleyer is being held
within 20 km of the scene.

Less than two hours
ago it happened.

Five weeks after the murder
of the banker Ponto...

an assassination attempt
on Hanns Martin Schleyer.

Four police officers from
the escort were killed.

The search for the
attackers continues.

Schleyer is not among the dead.
It is obvious...

that the terrorists
have kidnapped him.

The manhunt goes on.

All the official parties
condemned the attack on Schleyer.

Now you have a problem.
Now you have a big problem!

Their reign of terror
has not yet ended.

And they are feeling triumphant now.

But they must make no mistake.

the Siegfried Hausner Kommando...

has taken the president of the employers
association, Hanns Martin Schleyer, prisoner.

The will of the German
people is not broken.

They're sealing us in!
They're doing what?

Baghdad, Iraq
October, 1977

Comrades!

It's good to see you.

Welcome to my house.
Take seat.

Thank you.

I already want to know why
you didn't come earlier?

Chancellor Schmidt is determined to
either find or sacrifice our hostage.

Is your hostage secure?

Yes, he is.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Brussels, Belgium
September, 1977

We have two options already for you...

One...

We can invade the
German Embassy in Kuwait

Two...

There is a possibility to
hijack a Luftansa Plane.

It's your choice.

Good Morning, viewers...

A Lufthansa airliner
has been hijacked.

The aircraft was en route from Majorca
to Frankfurt but was diverted to Rome.

86 passengers, mostly
Germans, are on board.

Footage of kidnapped
businessman Hanns Schleyer...

reading a statement
from his captors...

You can see my current circumstances.

The government in Bonn
must make a decision.

The actions of the German Government
prove that they are the terrorists.

The state, which claims
to promote freedom...

uses the methods of totalitarianism...

in the name of fighting terrorism.

I have, so far, been treated
well by my captors...

Pressure on the government is growing...

as the hijackers demand the
release of political prisoners...

including the RAF
prisoners in Stammheim.

As the hijack drama continues...

reported to have
shot the pilot...

threatened to kill one
passenger every 5 minutes...

The Pope has sent a plea for
the release of the passengers.

At Aden airport,
passengers and crew...

swap for prisoners...

have arrived in Cairo...

prisoners in his country will be...

emergency landing!

Baader Meinhof Gang terrorists who are
also holding Hanns-Martin Schleyer...

passenger swap in Dubai.

do not condone the actions
of political gangsters.

Comrade, they turned us down.

And where does that leave us?

Everything's gone wrong!
Everything!

They've taken off again.
One pilot shot.

The plan was to stay in Aden.

What does it mean?

Baby, this thing is
complete bullshit.

Landed in Somalia yesterday.

The body of pilot Jargen
Schumann was dumped...

before taking off again.

We cannot intervene, even if...

we could actually speak with them.

We do not approve of
killing innocent civilians.

The Federal Government,
unlike ourselves,

goes too far, is too violent.

I want to see the prison chaplain.

Whatever happens,
it's not our doing.

Our policies are far more measured.

Do you really believe that?

Last month, 8 children
were left fatherless.

We have no control over the
actions of those outside.

We will be judged by
generations to come.

If Schleyer escapes, good.
I'm tired of it.

I wish to request...

materials to make a will.

The full legal documents,
if possible.

And I'd like some help
in filling it out properly.

But Miss Ennslin...

With that done, I will
no longer fear my fate.

But surely you don't feel
that you are in danger?

I could die at any time.

You know what is going on outside...

that they're trying
to get us out of here.

That fight has international dimensions.

What are you getting at?

I ask you this:

Wouldn't they prefer
to see me vanish?

Many states would want that.

In Western industrial countries
the power structures...

are not so secure that
they would wish...

to encourage a new wave of
resistance groups to develop.

What is your influence
on the current situation?

Free us and the current
actions will be successful.

Would the government
want that to happen?

The judges and the politicians,

they want to avoid
that at all costs.

Miss Ennslin, I hope
we can continue to meet.

Farewell, father.

We have just received confirmation...

the Lufthansa terrorist
hijacking has ended...

with all of the 86
passengers safely rescued.

A spokesman for the Ministry
of the Interior has confirmed...

that a German anti-terrorist squad
stormed the plane last night.

The Bonn government has
issued a statement...

Refused to release
the jailed terrorists.

these brutal actions
have not succeeded.

Good morning.
Good morning.

Mr.Raspe.

Miss Meller.
Miss Meller.

Alive.

Miss Ennslin.

The pigs really did it.

They killed all of them!
Enough.

But they killed them all!
Open murder!

They sacrificed themselves.
The time was not right.

What? Are you joking?
What do you mean?

They were at risk.

Get them out immediately!
Immediately!

Those were your words.

They knew the risks.
They had their alternatives.

They made their choices.

What happened was their own doing.

And Ulrike?

Her, too.

I think they recognized...

that the end had come.

Belgian French Border
October, 1977