Children of the Revolution

Aug 25, 2011

1h 28m

★ 6.7

Overview

Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. What were they fighting for and what have we learned?

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

E2 Films

Transmission Pictures

WDR

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Children of the Revolution Trailers

Cast

Self

Mei Shigenobu

Self

Bettina Rohl

Self

Masao Adachi

Self

Astrid Proll

Self

Leila Khaled

Self

Jutta Lack-Strecker

Self (archive footage)

Ulrike Meinhof

Self (archive footage)

Fusako Shigenobu

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