Well done documentary with fictional elements in it that enhance the accuracy of the events at the time. Hans Brenner is the spitting image of Hans-Martin Schleyer and gives the documentary an authentic look all over. The interviews with Helmut Schmidt, Ben Wischnewski and others give enough credit to all the people involved and you end up incapable of blaming anyone for their actions at the time. Everyone involved truly seemed to believe that they were fighting for a worthy cause and that society had to be changed. I was amazed about how the two events (hijacking of the Landshut and kidnapping of Schleyer) were linked together. It really gave me the feeling that I had finally grasped the subject matter and that I finally understood what the Arab terrorists had to do with the RAF. Although it was never proved that Baader, Ensslin and the like committed suicide I think it is even less likely that they were killed by policemen. I am quite sure that in order to show how serious they were and how much their political agitation meant to them, they committed suicide. Their intention was to show society that they were more than just a bunch of juvenile delinquents and that they were willing to die for their political conviction.
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