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on the show german intellectuals as terrorist sympathizers a new documentary on the shadow of political terror in the one nine hundred seventy s. and face to face with german films a new generation of german directors take a pill and history make it into a memorable movie. fifty years ago in one hundred sixty eight student protests heralded a social revolution in its wake some radicalized young germans took up arms against the state the red army faction's terrorist campaign shook germany to its core a new documentary shows how the authorities blanket suspicion of left wing intellectuals led to deep rifts in german society director felix muller also gets his own mother and stepfather both famous political filmmakers themselves to open up about their actions at the time. you'll hear us.

mother and son on their journey into their hearts back to the years of terror and then nine hundred seventy s. i don't want to own the father for sure and off. the side i'm on the run simulation are but on the new dr. to nia malika in france his mother with a past actions and views and poses difficult questions. you have seen probably wouldn't have done this for other filmmakers you know the type of but this was a very emotional time with and painful memories. from outliving other no woman. left when tara placed clampdowns assassinations and sympathizers the seventy's were a divisive time in german history abscessed said intellectuals like fun talk time she learned off work used to sympathizing with the terrorists for

a broad section of society that made them just as guilty. about what they did or didn't just as you. get duped yada long roughly look at the log it will look through neither dog. mustn't have often become a. man or talk to many others who were brand mark to sympathizers because they failed to distance themselves from acts of terror. i was in bodies and body shop for all to afflict stop a c.e.o. who does and that there's a difference but i was. lucky does or him it wouldn't and in that he i think he. lives in another service was so good. because of i'm of would be under scrutiny so if you'd only put it in middle. school lose us i wish to know i was the nine. because she answered.

the tensions that reigned at the time hard to imagine today the political films are slow and often from hard to capture the excesses of the police state and the atmosphere of violence and counterviolence very well. that in my mother's diary there's a lot about fear. i don't want to go out today because there was some think in the newspaper again or on the television that. i felt this to be transforming but how really it was i can't say even now. often order is interesting to me from tata got to know the sister of red army faction terrorist good one and slim. just what she used that relationship as material for one of her best films. try doing that you probably did say you know a dish well you know i'm glad i met him or let her know michel he has got to go i

should wash trial usually i will try to get help from tata herself spent time behind bars for contempt of court she interjected in a court case when the judge misquoted the accused. as if it's a good idea that this is the. nobel prize winner pearl became the main target of the media and politicians obsessed with draining the sympathisers swamp where terrorism bred. done well you're not really sure these are the conservative press effectively declared open season on him. was labeled as a sympathizer he was called the spiritual father of terrorism was his house was searched by police a number of times in the presence of his children around a small vans initial even if it hits two if you didn't see it. in one nine hundred seventy seven it all came to a had a state of emergency was in force and slander and from what i were at the center of

the storm. the night of stem of the murder of the hostage trial was a decisive turning point it put a stop to things that the work that was the end of the sympathy that was really the breaking point for many and you have to if you learn tells the story of those parents and of an extraordinary generation living through the dark days of terror. german films is the body that promotes homegrown german movies around the world it's face to face campaign already introduced just some exciting actors and actresses now. it's the director's turn my colleague hence kristoff book met up with six filmmakers who like to delve into the past to produce movies relevant to the present. face to face the director's cut six directors who were children of the eighty's a generation of filmmakers equally at home with movies and german film. the start

of the german film scene is more exciting than ever perhaps because we are slowly moving towards a gender balance in terms of men and women making films in germany but there are also more and more people with a migrant background making films the diversity of german society is increasingly reflected in german film would be important for the toilets mechanics and the great thing is that you can't say german film as this or german film is that that's not exciting there are different german voices and this is now being recognised abroad . the german filmmakers are upbeat but one of the themes women directives have been coming more to the fore. for example the latest film and critical acclaim it was set in a man's world and follows german construction workers in bulgaria.

it's over the. family at half is a german french iranian filmmaker from berlin she often places her female figures in extreme situations he's here. non-thinking is tough but that doesn't stop the seems to me doesn't that look to me from. the heroine hides a mattress that he can kill her. it's a snitch to. attest latest film captures a moment with the actress who a year before her tragic death is once yokels a place on the best film known at the german film. walton two thousand and eighteen hours of sheets and volumes of. debate as it's all the pictures are so unfiltered so real it's not only schneider the mephisto but home schneider the human being and adorned in her grief and in her last full life it was only. one kind their own another rescue is from winner she came to germany at the age of

eleven. tries a much faster as a wild trip through the eastern bloc in the late sixty's. not. least. the prague spring big and small acts of resistance world events mixed with family history. also has an immigrant background his parents were afghan refugees his stories deal with modern realities a rightwing mob attacks a refugee shelter in germany in one thousand nine hundred two. and suspension law it is a big fight. it was talk also learned of. his latest project also looks at germany through the eyes of a newcomer. not often from working on a remake of berlin alexanderplatz it was based on the novel by alfred berkeley not

written in one thousand nine hundred thirty but we're setting it in the modern day in twenty eighteen my main character is a refugee a man who made his way across the sea by boat and has landed in berlin now he's trying to find his way in this strange new world this new germany because of. nasscom one has already won a german tom price his latest film premiered at the pan in on their school class the communist east germany observes a minute's silence for those killed in hungary an uprising of nine hundred fifty six with dramatic consequences. that's right look at the sign of revolution is about an extraordinary situation ordinary schoolchildren put under extreme pressure in the early days of communist east germany it's about the moment of political awakening in the life of every young adult. that advance brand of political film is quite different. from the kind of film and i don't make films that are just comedies but i think

especially with serious topics humor is important and helps to make things bearable be a control it askance i can just to talk it out i spoke at a ministerial me. yet. after all it's sometimes. it's a brilliant and hard hitting comedy one of the best in recent years good luck returns to monday when it occurred to get. those courses all around of course filmmakers need to address this to another that's. the present informed by the past more diverse than ever face to face with german films a portrait of a generation that marius the new germany german film has never been this international. and that's just about it for this edition more on all off stories online join us

next time for the definitive list of german actors who have made a big splash internationally so then go easy on the call. what does a football loving country to reach its goals. we'll tell you how german soccer made it back to the top. in our web special on dot com. football made in germany. hijacking the name. more i come from the news that is being hijacked journalism itself has become

a scripted reality show it's not just good first is evil us versus them black and white. in countries like russia china churchy people are told that it's that simple and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed is well. my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoke and mirrors it's not just about being fair and balanced or being neutral it's about being truthful. trying he was born golf and i worked at the deli.