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The Third Generation (1979) — Ligoscope

The Third Generation

Film · 1979

The Third Generation

110 min · Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · NR

Comedy Crime Drama

6.051
ratings

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.

Cast

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

Claus Holm

Claus Holm

Opa Gast

Raúl Gimenez

Paul

Lilo Pempeit

Lilo Pempeit

Mutter Gast

Y Sa Lo

Y Sa Lo

Ilse Hoffmann

Vitus Zeplichal

Vitus Zeplichal

Bernhard von Stein

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rudi Dutschke

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Juliane Lorenz

Job Placement Counselor (uncredited)

Peer Raben

Peer Raben

(uncredited)

Karsten Voigt

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Producer: Harry Baer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Editor: Juliane Lorenz
Cinematography: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Production Design: Raúl Gimenez
Art Direction: Volker Spengler
Composer: Peer Raben
Sound: Milan Bor, Hartmut Eichgrün, Jean-Luc Marie
Makeup: Anni Nöbauer

Details

Studios: Tango Film, Filmverlag der Autoren, Pro-ject Filmproduktion
Countries: Germany
Languages: English, French, German
Certification: NR
Release: May 30, 1979

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