The Third Generation

The Third Generation

The Third Generation

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The Third Generation

1979

1h 50m

6.0(51 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Drama

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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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Harry Baer

Harry Baer

Rudolf Mann

Hark Bohm

Hark Bohm

Gerhard Gast

Margit Carstensen

Margit Carstensen

Petra Vielhaber

Eddie Constantine

Eddie Constantine

P. J. Lurz

Jürgen Draeger

Hans Vielhaber

Udo Kier

Udo Kier

Edgar Gast

Volker Spengler

Volker Spengler

August

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Susanne Gast

Bulle Ogier

Bulle Ogier

Hilde Krieger

Günther Kaufmann

Günther Kaufmann

Franz Walsch

Creative team

Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Produced by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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