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1979

The Third Generation

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.

Credits

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Producers

Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Harry Baer

Writer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cinematographer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Composer

Peer Raben

Cast

Harry Baer , Hark Bohm , Margit Carstensen , Eddie Constantine , Jürgen Draeger , Udo Kier , Volker Spengler , Hanna Schygulla , Bulle Ogier , Günther Kaufmann

Studios

Pro-ject Filmproduktion , Tango Film , Filmverlag der Autoren

Genres

Drama Crime Comedy

Posters

5
The Third Generation (1979) theatrical poster - US
US theatrical
The Third Generation (1979) international poster - US
US international
The Third Generation (1979) character poster - US
US character
The Third Generation (1979) teaser poster - DE
DE teaser
The Third Generation (1979) imax poster - IT
IT imax

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