The Third Generation

Overview

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.

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Top cast

Harry Baer

Rudolf Mann

Hark Bohm

Gerhard Gast

Margit Carstensen

Petra Vielhaber

Eddie Constantine

P. J. Lurz

J

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

R

Raúl Gimenez

Paul

Lilo Pempeit

Mutter Gast

Y Sa Lo

Ilse Hoffmann

Vitus Zeplichal

Bernhard von Stein

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

R

Rudi Dutschke

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

J

Juliane Lorenz

Job Placement Counselor (uncredited)

Peer Raben

(uncredited)

K

Karsten Voigt

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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