Sympathisers. West German intellectuals and the Red Army Faction. A family affair. English subs.

Sympathisers. West German intellectuals and the Red Army Faction. A family affair. English subs.

'Sympathisers: Our German Autumn' by Felix Moeller (Germany 2018).
West Germany in the 1970s. Many artists, journalists and intellectuals were branded as sympathisers of Baader-Meinhof's left-wing terrorism. The parents of the director, too: Margarethe von Trotta and his stepfather, Volker Schlöndorff. With extensive archive materials and film clips as well as Margarethe von Trotta's private diaries the film portrays one German family and the society of the time. ( IMDB summary by Amelie Latscha, one of the film's producers).
With Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Schneider, Marius Müller-Westernhagen, René Böll, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Christof Wackernagel (ex RAF), Karl-Heinz Dellwo (ex RAF).
And archive footage of Willy Brandt, Heinrich Böll , Klaus Croissant, Helmut Schmidt.

How much of RFA was intelligence service driven? How alike was it to the SLA? http://maebrussell.com/Mae%20Brussell%20Articles/Why%20Was%20Hearst%20Kidnapped%201.html

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0uBHMOnKlQ