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Dead Pool

★ 6.0/10•1997•2h 57m•Documentary•Drama•War & Politics
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Docudrama in two parts, based on the abduction of the president of the employer's association of Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer, by the Baader-Meinhof gang in the Autumn of '77.

Heinrich Breloer · Director

Heinrich Breloer · Screenplay

StatusEnded
Runtime2h 57m
LanguageDE
First Air DateJun 15, 1997

Episodes

Episode 1 - People's PrisonE189m

People's Prison

The first part describes the kidnapping of Schleyer, the first decisions and countermeasures in Bonn, the manhunt for the hijackers and the psychological drama between Schleyer and the RAF terrorists guarding him. It ends with the news of the hijacking of the Lufthansa plane "Landshut", the escalation of the crisis.

Jun 15, 1997

Episode 2 - Hijack the LandshutE290m

Hijack the Landshut

The second part tells of the inferno in the hijacked plane, of the negotiations between the Federal Criminal Police Office and the Stammheim prisoners for their alleged release into a foreign country. It ends with the collective suicide in the high-security wing of Stammheim and the shooting of Schleyer, who had hoped that the hijacking of the plane might give his fate another turn.

Jun 16, 1997

Actors

Sebastian Koch

Sebastian Koch

Andreas Baader

Karoline Eichhorn

Karoline Eichhorn

Brigitte Monhaupt

Manfred Zapatka

Manfred Zapatka

Helmut Schmidt

Dieter Mann

Dieter Mann

BKA-Präsident Horst Herold

Claudia Michelsen

Claudia Michelsen

Sieglinde Hofmann

Ulrich Matthes

Ulrich Matthes

Jan-Carl Raspe

Hans-Jörg Assmann

Hans-Jörg Assmann

Alfred Klaus

Robert Viktor Minich

Robert Viktor Minich

Jürgen Boock

Birol Ünel

Birol Ünel

Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'

Hans Brenner

Hans Brenner

Hans-Martin Schleyer

Nezâ Selbuz

Souhaila Andrawes

Susanne Schäfer

Susanne Schäfer

Stewardess Gaby Dillmann

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