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THE THIRD GENERATION

Die dritte Generation

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
West Germany, 1979
Crime, Drama
  • 109109 minutes

Synopsis

Winter 1978/79 in West Berlin. A group of inept middle-class German radicals—united less by their political convictions than their secretive behavior—goes underground after the killer Paul is shot by the police. The young terrorists kidnap Peter Lurz, the representative of a US computer firm.

Synopsis

Winter 1978/79 in West Berlin. A group of inept middle-class German radicals—united less by their political convictions than their secretive behavior—goes underground after the killer Paul is shot by the police. The young terrorists kidnap Peter Lurz, the representative of a US computer firm.