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.

Release date

May 30, 1979

Rating

5.927 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 50 minutes

Genres

Comedy
Crime
Drama

Cast

Harry Baer
As Rudolf Mann
Hark Bohm
As Gerhard Gast
Margit Carstensen
As Petra Vielhaber
Eddie Constantine
As P. J. Lurz
Jürgen Draeger
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As Hans Vielhaber
Udo Kier
As Edgar Gast
Volker Spengler
As August
Hanna Schygulla
As Susanne Gast
Bulle Ogier
As Hilde Krieger
Günther Kaufmann
As Franz Walsch
Claus Holm
As Opa Gast
Raúl Gimenez
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As Paul
Lilo Pempeit
As Mutter Gast
Y Sa Lo
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As Ilse Hoffmann
Vitus Zeplichal
As Bernhard von Stein
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
As Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rudi Dutschke
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As Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Juliane Lorenz
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As Job Placement Counselor (uncredited)
Peer Raben
As (uncredited)
Karsten Voigt
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As Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Juliane Lorenz
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Role: Editor
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Role: Screenplay
Peer Raben
Role: Original Music Composer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Role: Director
Harry Baer
Role: Executive Producer
Raúl Gimenez
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Role: Production Design
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Role: Producer
Volker Spengler
Role: Art Direction
Mel Kutbay
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Role: Sound Effects Editor
Alexander Witt
Role: Assistant Camera
Fred Bräutigam
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Role: Pyrotechnician
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Role: Camera Operator
Hartmut Eichgrün
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Role: Sound
Lothar Tropp
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Role: Pyrotechnician
Milan Bor
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Role: Sound
Jean-Luc Marie
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Role: Sound
Joachim Schulz
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Role: Pyrotechnician
Karin Viesel
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Role: Assistant Editor
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Role: Director of Photography
Anni Nöbauer
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Role: Makeup Artist
Diana Elephant
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Role: Assistant Director
Hans-Günther Bücking
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Role: Assistant Camera
Juliane Lorenz
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Role: Assistant Director
Harry Baer
Role: Production Manager
Karin Viesel
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Role: Production Assistant