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The Third Generation

1979
Directed byRainer Werner Fassbinder
1h 50m

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.

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Harry BaerRudolf MannHark BohmGerhard GastMargit CarstensenPetra Vielhaber
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Eddie ConstantineP. J. Lurz
Jürgen DraegerHans Vielhaber
Udo KierEdgar Gast
Volker SpenglerAugust
Hanna SchygullaSusanne Gast
Bulle OgierHilde Krieger
Günther KaufmannFranz Walsch
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GENRES
ComedyCrimeDrama
STATUSReleased
RATING
5.9

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