Komplex Movie

When I studied German literature and history, the Red Army Faktion (RAF) was one of the genres that I was quite interested in. I think this was partly because I met the man who wrote the book about this terrorist cell, and read his other book The Pirate, and also because, at the beginning, the idea to redistribute wealth and make statements about the injustice in the world, and partly because it was just a lot more interesting to me than reading Schiller or Goethe.

For anyone who has read the various journal articles, books, scene the other movies like The Legend of Rita, about another terrorist, or even The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, you will certainly want to see this movie, if for no other reason than to complete your research. The movie is interesting and it definitely weaves some interesting and unknown historical tidbits into the bigger story, which I found interesting. For example, the writer, Stefan Aust, was actually connected to the group because he had worked at the newspaper where Meinhof wrote her first manifesto. He is actually portrayed in the film for a brief moment.

Ulrike Meinhof is played by Martina Gedeck (The Lives of Others) and Andreas Baader is played by Moritz Bleibtreu--two of my favorite German actors. Oh and Stipe Erceg, he's not so bad either.

Whether this is Oscar winner quality, I cannot say that yet, having not seen most of the other foreign films. I would wait until it's out on DVD.

One thing I can say for sure is that this movie is complex. I had red about how they had codenames for each other from Moby Dick and this became somehow important once they were in jail. Honestly, it was a lot to try to follow. I think it's an aptly named film.