Das Celler Loch

Overview

On July 24, 1978, a bomb blasted a hole in the outer wall of a prison in Celle, Germany. The attack was blamed on the Red Army Faction. Years later, in April 1986, the true background was revealed. The attack had been staged with the complicity of Lower Saxony's domestic intelligence service, the GSG 9 and high-ranking government officials. The result was the expansion of anti-terror measures to protect citizens. The documentary tries to get to the bottom of the affair, and at the same time asks whether this action is not just the tip of an iceberg, whether much more was not initiated to stir up public sentiment.

Directed by Herbert Linkesch

Top cast

Ernst Albrecht

Self (archive footage)

Jürgen Trittin

Self

Friedrich Zimmermann

Self

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Paul Kühling

Self

Wolf Schneider

Self (archive footage)

Heiner Geißler

Self (archive footage)

P

Peter Frisch

Self

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Christian Lochte

Self

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Gottfried Gillar

Self

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Winfried Günnemann

Self

U

Ulrich Vultejus

Self

W

Wolfgang Becker

Self

B

Brigitte Heinrich

Self

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Helmut Lülfs

Self

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Henk Wubben

Self

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Pimm Evers

Self

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Manfred Gürth

Self

F

Fritz Sack

Self

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