| Baader | |
| Director: | Christopher Roth |
| Music: | Bob Last |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes |
| Country: | Germany |
| Language: | German |
| Gross: | $81,000 |
Baader is a 2002 German film directed by Christopher Roth. It is a biopic about revolutionary Andreas Baader of the notorious Red Army Faction ("the Baader-Meinhof Gang") which operated mainly in West Germany during the 1970s.[1]
The leading roles are played by Frank Giering (Andreas Baader) and Laura Tonke (Gudrun Ennslin). Birge Schade portrays Ulrike Meinhof.[2]
Though the script is inspired by real-life persons and events, the storyline of the film continuously mixes fact and fiction.[3]
The soundtrack was released in 2002 on Normal Records with bands like Can, Suicide, Stone Roses, Trans Am and Campag Velocet.[4]
2002: Silver Bear Jury Prize of Berlin International Film Festival in the category Neue Perspektiven der Filmkunst (English New perspectives of cinematography), Christopher Roth