The Baader Meinhof Complex

Germany in the 1970s. The radicalized children of the Nazi generation, led by Andreas Baader, former star columnist Ulrike Meinhof, and Gudrun Ensslin, are fighting against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: North American politics in Vietnam, the Middle East, and the Third World, supported by the leading figures of German politics, justice, and industry. Baader, Meinhof, and Ensslin establish the Red Army Faction (RAF) and declare war on the Federal Republic of Germany. The brutality of their terror campaigns escalates. There are fatalities and injuries. The man who does not condone their actions but still tries to understand them is also their hunter: the head of the Federal Criminal Police Office, Horst Herold. Although he achieves significant successes in the manhunt, he is aware that the police alone cannot stop the spiral of violence.