Children of the Revolution
Children of the Revolution

Children of the Revolution

6.7(10 votes)
2011
1h 28m
Documentary

Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. What were they fighting for and what have we learned?

Production

E2 Films, Transmission Pictures, WDR, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Cast

Mei Shigenobu

Mei Shigenobu

Self

Bettina Rohl

Bettina Rohl

Self

Masao Adachi

Masao Adachi

Self

Astrid Proll

Astrid Proll

Self

Leila Khaled

Leila Khaled

Self

Jutta Lack-Strecker

Jutta Lack-Strecker

Self

Ulrike Meinhof

Ulrike Meinhof

Self (archive footage)

Fusako Shigenobu

Fusako Shigenobu

Self (archive footage)

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