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Children of the Revolution

1h 28min

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 Companies

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)

Release date

25th Aug 2011

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English, 日本語, Français, Deutsch