The Third Generation

The Third Generation

5.9IMDb Score
Released:1979-05-30
Duration:110 min
Country:Germany
Director:Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors:Harry Baer, Hark Bohm, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine, Jürgen Draeger
Production:Tango Film, Filmverlag der Autoren, Pro-ject Filmproduktion
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Overview:

A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.

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