The Baader-Meinhof Complex

ISBN-13: 9781847920454 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 480 str.

Stefan Aust

Opis

This text tells the story of how a small group of young middle-class people, out of moral indignation about the Vietnam War and the injustices of capitalist society, turned to bombings, kidnappings and murder, thus resorting to flagrant immorality themselves.

Recenzje

Tautly written, gripping and suspenseful Guardian

O autorze

Stefan Aust was for many years the editor-in-chief of the political weekly Der Spiegel, Germany's most influential news magazine. He is also the founder and current publisher of Spiegel TV. He worked in the editorial offices of konkret from 1966 to 1969 and played a part in the events described in this book. Between 1970 and 1985 he made numerous documentaries for North German Television. He wrote the script for the feature film Stammheim, which won the top award at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival. He worked with Bernd Eichinger on the script for the film The Baader-Meinhof Complex (2008), which is based on his book.