The Third Generation

1979    1h 50m
Crime, Drama, Comedy
6.892%72%61%
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A wildly anarchic satire of urban guerrilla warfare in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
Directed By
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written By
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Studio
Tango Film, Filmverlag der Autoren, Pro-ject Filmproduktion

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Cast of The Third Generation
  • Harry BaerRudolf Mann
  • Hark BohmGerhard Gast
  • Margit CarstensenPetra Vielhaber
  • Eddie ConstantineP. J. Lurz
  • Jürgen DraegerHans Vielhaber
  • Udo KierEdgar Gast
  • Volker SpenglerAugust
  • Hanna SchygullaSusanne Gast
  • Bulle OgierHilde Krieger
  • Günther KaufmannFranz Walsch
  • Claus HolmOpa Gast
  • Raúl GimenezPaul
  • Lilo PempeitMutter Gast
  • Y Sa LoIlse Hoffmann
  • Vitus ZeplichalBernhard von Stein
  • Daniel Cohn-BenditHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Rudi DutschkeHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Juliane LorenzJob Placement Counselor (uncredited)
  • Peer Raben(uncredited)
  • Karsten VoigtHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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