Germany in Autumn

1978

2h 14m

Drama

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88%

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8 Reviews

68%

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100+ Ratings

Nine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of Germany in the late 1970s.

Time Out

At its best, the film argues that it's impossible to have a 'coherent' left wing position on terrorism.

Jun 24, 2006

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

It's sometimes startlingly beautiful, often obscure and confusing, sometimes funny and mostly disturbing, as it should be.

Rated: 4/5

May 9, 2005

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

It is, of course, wildly uneven (and sometimes insufferable), but there is an urgency and engagement in each of the episodes.

Jan 1, 2000

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Ted Whitehead

The Spectator

Germany in Autumn, though its contributions are uneven, is a fascinating political symposium, in which the cost of preserving order is anxiously measured against the cost of the order that is being preserved.

Aug 3, 2015

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Though events happened over thirty years ago, the film is still relevant, exciting, urgent and mind-blowing.

Rated: A-

Feb 26, 2013

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TV Guide

A compelling and historically significant addition to German cinema, but those unfamiliar with that country's political situation may find it difficult to relate to.

Rated: 2/4

Nov 13, 2007

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Audience Member

Als Vorspeise - sozusagen - zum "Der Baader Meinhof Komplex" naechste Woche. Ich war von der Fassbinder-Episode ein bisschen enttauescht: ich denke, dass er es unbedingt spontan aussehen lassen wollte, so dass er am Ende nur etwas kuenstliches machen konnte. Kluges Episode hat mir sehr gefallen (die Mercedes-Fahnen, die an die Hakenkreuze erinnern, habe ich genial gefunden) und auch die Szenen mit der Terroristen-Beerdigung sind sehr interessant.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

A string of persuasive and intruiging montages make up Germany in August, a film that can be a little pushy but is always on track.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

This is just about the very best kind of documentary film-making. (Werner Herzog is a moron in comparison.)

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

A bit all over the place (as expected), but still relatively well-crafted.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Powerful film which contains several outstanding moments and while its doesnt have a cental narrative its main theme is the terrorist outrages of the German Baader Meinhof gang and German reaction to the kidnapping and murder of a prominent German Businessman and the suicide of the 3 main leaders of the gang. Fassbinder is of course on hand here as he questions motives and drink and drugs his way through his sequences. The film contains moments of outstanding beauty including a silent movie re enactment and a encounter with a mealancoly border guard. Not all of it works of course and the casual viewer could become bored bit what i found facinating is that the film makers also sort to confront Germanys viloent past and how this impacted on the events of 1976/77. The film is book ended by 2 funerals which have toatlly diffrent outcomes and reactions. As a document of Germany at that time this really is hard to beat and although its can be a confusing watch the film really delivers the goods on many many levels

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Alf Brustellin

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director

Caroline Chaniolleau

Actor

Hildegard Friese

Actor

Petra Kiener

Actor

Lisi Mangold

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Synopsis

Nine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of Germany in the late 1970s.

Director: Alf Brustellin, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Production Co: ABS Filmproduktion, Tango Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: German
Runtime: 2h 14m