Germany in Autumn

1978 · Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · 119 min · documentary film, drama film, anthology film

★ 6.4/10 · 31 ratings on TMDB

Nine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of late 1970s Germany, particularly the two-month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped by the RAF (Red Army Faction). The kidnap had been made to orchestrate the release of the original leaders of the RAF, aka the Baader-Meinhof.