Film

Children of the Revolution

6.720111h 28mDocumentary

Director: Shane O'Sullivan
Year: 2011

Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. What were they fighting for and what have we learned?

Top cast

Mei Shigenobu

Self

Bettina Rohl

Self

Masao Adachi

Self

Astrid Proll

Self

Leila Khaled

Self

Jutta Lack-Strecker

Self

Ulrike Meinhof

Self (archive footage)

Fusako Shigenobu

Self (archive footage)

Directed by

Shane O'Sullivan