A German Youth

Name: A German Youth
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: October 11, 2019
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Harun Farocki, Heinrich Böll, Helke Sander

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Big World Pictures | Release Date: October 11, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Harun Farocki, Heinrich Böll, Helke Sander, Helmut Kohl, Holger Meins, Philip Werner Sauber, Rainer Langhans, Rudolf Augstein

Summary: In the 1960s, the young democracy of West Germany was embarrassed by its Nazi past, and ingrown in its role as imperialist and capitalist outpost faced by its communist double. The postwar generation, in direct conflict with their fathers, was trying to find its place. The student movement exploded in 1966. The pas de deux between studentsIn the 1960s, the young democracy of West Germany was embarrassed by its Nazi past, and ingrown in its role as imperialist and capitalist outpost faced by its communist double. The postwar generation, in direct conflict with their fathers, was trying to find its place. The student movement exploded in 1966. The pas de deux between students and the government deteriorated, and radicalized those involved in a gradual escalation of violence and reprisals. From this seething youth emerged the journalist Ulrike Meinhof, filmmaker Holger Meins, students Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin, as well as the lawyer Horst Mahler. When the student movement collapsed at the end of ’68, they remained isolated in their radicalism, and desperately sought ways to continue the revolutionary struggle. A German Youth (Une Jeunesse Allemande) chronicles the political radicalization of some German youth in the late 1960s that gave birth to the Red Army Faction (RAF), a German revolutionary terrorist group founded notably by Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof, as well as the images generated by this story. The film is entirely produced by editing preexisting visual and sound archives and aims to question viewers on the significance of this revolutionary movement during its time, as well as its resonance for today’s society. [Big World Pictures]… Expand

Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot

Genre(s): History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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Jay Weissberg

Oct 11, 2019

Utilizing news footage, TV programs, crude activist films and the like, Périot (always his own editor) builds his arguments almost invisibly, guiding the viewer while trusting his audience to use their heads. How refreshing to have a director refuse black-and-white conclusions, knowing that formulating questions is the best way to probe the past and its ramifications. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Oct 9, 2019

Fiendishly researched and smartly constructed, A German Youth is a formidable piece of documentary detective work focusing on a small but significant historical moment that continues to matter. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Oct 11, 2019

With no commentary beyond audio clips and visuals composed almost entirely of historical footage, Periot uses the radicals’ own images and words to show how their discourse evolved over ten years from progressive to militant. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Dec 5, 2019

The pace is too rapid for any nonexpert to absorb or glean the significance of all the details, which Périot generally leaves unexplained. But this documentary is fitfully thought-provoking, and particularly good at illustrating political fault lines of the time. Read full review

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