Todesspiel

1997 - 1997

People's Prison

15th June 1997

Episode 1

The first part describes the kidnapping of Schleyer, the first decisions and countermeasures in Bonn, the manhunt for the hijackers and the psychological drama between Schleyer and the RAF terrorists guarding him. It ends with the news of the hijacking of the Lufthansa plane "Landshut", the escalation of the crisis.

Hijack the Landshut

16th June 1997

Episode 2

The second part tells of the inferno in the hijacked plane, of the negotiations between the Federal Criminal Police Office and the Stammheim prisoners for their alleged release into a foreign country. It ends with the collective suicide in the high-security wing of Stammheim and the shooting of Schleyer, who had hoped that the hijacking of the plane might give his fate another turn.

Top Cast

Sebastian Koch•Karoline Eichhorn•Manfred Zapatka

Director

Heinrich Breloer

Documentary Drama War & Politics Crime

Docudrama in two parts, based on the abduction of the president of the employer's association of Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer, by the Baader-Meinhof gang in the Autumn of '77.

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Full Cast

Sebastian Koch

Andreas Baader

Karoline Eichhorn

Brigitte Monhaupt

Manfred Zapatka

Helmut Schmidt

Dieter Mann

BKA-Präsident Horst Herold

Claudia Michelsen

Sieglinde Hofmann

Ulrich Matthes

Jan-Carl Raspe

Hans-Jörg Assmann

Alfred Klaus

Robert Viktor Minich

Jürgen Boock

Birol Ünel

Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'

Hans Brenner

Hans-Martin Schleyer

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Nezâ Selbuz

Souhaila Andrawes

Susanne Schäfer

Stewardess Gaby Dillmann

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Hans-Peter Ströer

Music

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Heinrich Breloer

Director

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Andreas Knoblauch

Producer

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Hans-Günther Bücking

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Ulrich Lenze

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Richard Bolz

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Horst Königstein

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Gebhard Henke

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Florian Langmaack

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Heinrich Breloer

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