The Baader Meinhof Complex
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The Baader Meinhof Complex is a 2008 German historical drama film that chronicles the rise and violent activities of the left-wing militant group Red Army Faction in 1970s West Germany.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Baader Meinhof Complex canonical | 2 |
| The Baader Meinhof Complex (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Baader Meinhof Complex Context triple: [Alexander Fehling, notableWork, The Baader Meinhof Complex]
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A.
Baader–Meinhof series
The Baader–Meinhof series is a group of paintings by Gerhard Richter that hauntingly reinterpret press photographs of the German Red Army Faction, exploring themes of terrorism, memory, and media representation.
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B.
Wall of Denial
Wall of Denial is a Magic: The Gathering blue creature card known for its extremely efficient defensive stats and shroud, making it notoriously difficult to remove and a staple blocker in control decks.
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C.
Munich Betrayal
Munich Betrayal is a critical, pejorative term for the 1938 Munich Agreement, emphasizing how the pact is seen as a shameful act of appeasement that sacrificed Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany.
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D.
America Betrayed
America Betrayed is a political documentary film directed by Nicole Boxer that investigates corruption, cronyism, and the failures of government oversight in the United States.
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E.
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum is a 1975 German film, based on Heinrich Böll’s novel, that critiques tabloid journalism and state power through the story of a young woman whose life is destroyed by a media scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Baader Meinhof Complex Target entity description: The Baader Meinhof Complex is a 2008 German historical drama film that chronicles the rise and violent activities of the left-wing militant group Red Army Faction in 1970s West Germany.
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A.
Baader–Meinhof series
The Baader–Meinhof series is a group of paintings by Gerhard Richter that hauntingly reinterpret press photographs of the German Red Army Faction, exploring themes of terrorism, memory, and media representation.
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B.
Wall of Denial
Wall of Denial is a Magic: The Gathering blue creature card known for its extremely efficient defensive stats and shroud, making it notoriously difficult to remove and a staple blocker in control decks.
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C.
Munich Betrayal
Munich Betrayal is a critical, pejorative term for the 1938 Munich Agreement, emphasizing how the pact is seen as a shameful act of appeasement that sacrificed Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany.
-
D.
America Betrayed
America Betrayed is a political documentary film directed by Nicole Boxer that investigates corruption, cronyism, and the failures of government oversight in the United States.
-
E.
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum is a 1975 German film, based on Heinrich Böll’s novel, that critiques tabloid journalism and state power through the story of a young woman whose life is destroyed by a media scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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historical drama film ⓘ |
| awardNominationYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Stefan Aust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alexandra Maria Lara
NERFINISHED
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Bruno Ganz NERFINISHED ⓘ Heino Ferch NERFINISHED ⓘ Nadja Uhl NERFINISHED ⓘ Stipe Erceg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Rainer Klausmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfProduction | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | German Autumn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsOrganization | Red Army Faction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Uli Edel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Constantin Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Alexander Berner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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historical drama ⓘ political drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
political radicalization
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state response to terrorism ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Johanna Wokalek
NERFINISHED
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Martina Gedeck NERFINISHED ⓘ Moritz Bleibtreu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Peter Hinderthür
NERFINISHED
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Stefan Holkenborg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| portrays |
Andreas Baader
NERFINISHED
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Gudrun Ensslin NERFINISHED ⓘ Hanns-Martin Schleyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Horst Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan-Carl Raspe NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulrike Meinhof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Bernd Eichinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Constantin Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSource |
1985
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1988 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 149 ⓘ |
| screenedAt | Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Bernd Eichinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| subject |
German Autumn
NERFINISHED
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Red Army Faction NERFINISHED ⓘ left-wing terrorism ⓘ |
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Subject: The Baader Meinhof Complex Description of subject: The Baader Meinhof Complex is a 2008 German historical drama film that chronicles the rise and violent activities of the left-wing militant group Red Army Faction in 1970s West Germany.
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this entity surface form:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (film)