Editing Red Army Faction (section)

=== Films ===
Numerous West German film and TV productions have been made about the RAF. These include Klaus Lemke's telefeature ''{{ill|The Arsonists (1969 film)|de|Brandstifter (1969)|lt=Brandstifter}}'' (''The Arsonists'', 1969); [[Volker Schloendorff]] and [[Margarethe von Trotta]]'s co-directed ''[[The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (film)|The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum]]'' (a 1975 adaptation of [[Heinrich Böll]]'s novel ''[[Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum]]''); ''[[Germany in Autumn]]'' (1978), co-directed by 11 directors, including [[Alexander Kluge]], Volker Schloendorff, [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]], and [[Edgar Reitz]]; Fassbinder's ''[[The Third Generation (1979 film)|Die dritte Generation]]'' (''The Third Generation'', 1979); [[Margarethe von Trotta]]'s ''[[Marianne and Juliane|Die bleierne Zeit]]'' (''The German Sisters''/''Marianne and Juliane'', 1981); and [[Reinhard Hauff]]'s ''[[Stammheim (film)|Stammheim]]'' (1986). Post-reunification German films include [[Christian Petzold (director)|Christian Petzold]]'s ''[[The State I Am In (film)|Die innere Sicherheit]]'' (''The State I Am In'', 2000); [[Kristina Konrad]]'s ''Grosse Freiheit, Kleine Freiheit'' (''Greater Freedom, Lesser Freedom'', 2000); and Christopher Roth's ''Baader'' (2002).

[[Uli Edel]]'s 2008 ''[[The Baader Meinhof Complex]]'' (German: ''Der Baader Meinhof Komplex''), based on the bestselling book by [[Stefan Aust]], was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in both the [[81st Academy Awards]] and [[66th Golden Globe Awards]].

Outside Germany, films include Swiss director [[Markus Imhoof]]'s ''[[The Journey (1986 film)|Die Reise]]'' (''The Journey'') (1986). On TV, there was [[Heinrich Breloer]]'s ''{{ill|Death Game (1997 film)|de|3=Todesspiel|lt=Todesspiel}}'' (''Death Game'') (1997), a two-part docu-drama, and Volker Schloendorff's ''[[The Legend of Rita|Die Stille nach dem Schuss]]'' (''The Legend of Rita'') (2000).

There have been several documentaries: ''Im Fadenkreuz – Deutschland & die RAF'' (1997, several directors); Gerd Conradt's ''Starbuck Holger Meins'' (2001); [[Andres Veiel]]'s ''[[Black Box BRD]]'' (2001);<ref>[http://www.kino-germanfilm.de/?p=475 "''Der Baader Meinhof Komplex'' vs ''RAF Film Chronicle''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719052252/http://www.kino-germanfilm.de/?p=475 |date=19 July 2011 }} by Ron Holloway, accessed 19 April 2009</ref> Klaus Stern's ''Andreas Baader – Der Staatsfeind'' (''Enemy of the State'') (2003); Ben Lewis's ''In Love With Terror'', for [[BBC Four]] (2003);<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/baader-meinhof.shtml BBC4 website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905213006/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/baader-meinhof.shtml |date=5 September 2011 }}, accessed 19 April 2009</ref> and ''Ulrike Meinhof – Wege in den Terror'' (''Ways into Terror'') (2006).

The 2010 feature documentary ''[[Children of the Revolution (2010 film)|Children of the Revolution]]'' tells Ulrike Meinhof's story from the perspective of her daughter, journalist and historian [[Bettina Röhl]], while [[Andres Veiel]]'s 2011 feature film ''[[If Not Us, Who?]]'' provides a context for the RAF's origins through the perspective of Gudrun Ensslin's partner Bernward Vesper. In 2015, Jean-Gabriel Périot released his feature-length, found-footage documentary ''A German Youth'' on the Red Army Faction.<ref>{{Cite web|title = A German Youth brings the Red Army Faction to the Melbourne International Film Festival: review|url = https://theconversation.com/a-german-youth-brings-the-red-army-faction-to-the-melbourne-international-film-festival-review-45301|access-date = 12 September 2015|first = Dirk de|last = Bruyn| date=3 August 2015 |archive-date = 10 September 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150910090211/https://theconversation.com/a-german-youth-brings-the-red-army-faction-to-the-melbourne-international-film-festival-review-45301|url-status = live}}</ref>

The [[Suspiria (2018 film)|2018 remake]] of ''[[Suspiria]]'' features a secondary character attempting to run away to join the Red Army Faction, serving as a catalyst for the later events of the film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/10/suspiria-a-german-history-primer.html |title=Suspiria: A German History Primer|date=30 October 2018|access-date=19 July 2020 |archive-date=13 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813181243/https://www.vulture.com/2018/10/suspiria-a-german-history-primer.html |url-status=live }}</ref>