The Third Generation

The Third Generation (1979)

Comedy Crime Drama

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.

star 5.9 6.7 92%
  • Release Date: 1979-05-30
  • Runtime: 1h 50min
  • Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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    • Cast

    • Harry Baer

      Rudolf Mann

    • Hark Bohm

      Gerhard Gast

    • Margit Carstensen

      Petra Vielhaber

    • Eddie Constantine

      P. J. Lurz

    • Jürgen Draeger

      Hans Vielhaber

    • Udo Kier

      Edgar Gast

    • Volker Spengler

      August

    • Hanna Schygulla

      Susanne Gast

    • Bulle Ogier

      Hilde Krieger

    • Günther Kaufmann

      Franz Walsch

    • Claus Holm

      Opa Gast

    • Raúl Gimenez

      Paul

    • Lilo Pempeit

      Mutter Gast

    • Y Sa Lo

      Ilse Hoffmann

    • Vitus Zeplichal

      Bernhard von Stein

    • Daniel Cohn-Bendit

      Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

    • Rudi Dutschke

      Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

    • Juliane Lorenz

      Job Placement Counselor (uncredited)

    • Peer Raben

      (uncredited)

    • Karsten Voigt

      Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)