Fact-based drama telling the story of the left-wing German militant group formed by activist Andreas Baader and journalist Ulrike Meinhof in late 1960s Germany. Fearing Western imperialism would cause a resurgence of fascism, they embarked on a campaign of terrorist activity through the 1970s, culminating in an infamous plane hijacking. Starring Martina Gedeck and Moritz Bleibtreu. In German, English, French and Swedish.

When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state.