At the end of the 1960s the post-war generation began to revolt against their parents. This was a generation disillusioned by anti-communist capitalism and a state apparatus in which they believed they saw fascist tendencies. This generation included journalist Ulrike Meinhof, lawyer Horst Mahler, filmmaker Holger Meins as well as students Gudrun Ensslin and Andreas Baader. Their protest against the state led to the founding of the Red Army Faction (RAF). Constructed entirely from copious film and audio material, the film describes – without commentary – their gradual transformation and increasing politicisation until they take up armed resistance; it also describes the reactions of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany at the time. Jean-Gabriel Périot’s award-winning short films make elaborate use of archive footage in order to create incisive commentaries on violence and history. Une jeunesse allemande marks his first feature-length film. His work offers an outsider’s view of the Federal Republic of Germany in the RAF era; it also provides a lesson in radical behaviour and society’s reactions to it that is alarmingly topical, although the circumstances may have changed. berlinale 2015
“It’s the bad ones that get out. The good ones are forgotten and rot there.” In prison as it is in this word. Documentary? Godard’s Vladimir et Rosa insertion there could be replaced by a voiceover o...
Entirely found footage. Challenging viewing as if reading intellectual papers. 要说挖掘出什么新角度或深度也没有，要说科普剪得又很jump cut。结尾法斯宾德的母亲说：比民主制更好的，是和蔼可亲体恤民情的独裁者。
看的导演点评首映场。挺有心的一部片子，人家的用意光看简介也到了。但是观后马上有经历过片中描述年代的老年妇女提出其历史描述不到位，导演说自己只求客观含蓄美……
At the end of the 1960s the post-war generation began to revolt against their parents. This was a generation disillusioned by anti-communist capitalism and a state apparatus in which they believed they saw fascist tendencies. This generation included journalist Ulrike Meinhof lawyer Horst Mahler filmmaker Holger Meins as well as students Gudrun Ensslin and Andreas Baader. The...
