The Third Generation

The Third Generation

1979 · 110 min · DE · NR · 6.0 (52 votes)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Starring Harry Baer, Hark Bohm, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine, Jürgen Draeger, Udo Kier · Music Peer Raben
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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.

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A dizzying, darkly funny ride through political absurdity. It feels like a chaotic, cynical fever dream where intentions go awry and everyone's a pawn in a larger, ridiculous game. Expect sharp satire and a sense of escalating, unhinged energy.

chaoticsatiricaldarkly comiccynicalpropulsiveanarchicpolitical thrillerdark comedyEuropean cinemapolitical satireideologypower dynamicsabsurdity
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