The Baader Meinhof Complex Page #2

and fired into the crowd.

One of the first Soviet vehicles

into Czechoslovakia...

The students call the protests

in Paris cultural revolution.

The state calls it anarchy.

The more I hear of this shouting,

the clearer it becomes - we need

to ensure the rule of law in this country.

In agreement with Andreas Baader

I want to make a statement.

He and I placed the bomb

in the department store.

We did it to protest

against the indifference...

of people who sit and watch

the genocide in Vietnam.

We believe that speech

without action is wrong.

Order, please!

Order, please!

Mr Mahler?

Could you do us the honour of

allowing the court to share the joke?

The judges can hardly understand

the ideas Ms Ensslins and Mr Baader.

Otherwise they would take off their

robes and join the protests themselves.

Order!

Order, please!

Mr Ensslin, your daughter wanted to

address your generation with her act.

Whatever they wanted to do,

it comes to this:

Our generation experienced,

in the name of the people,

concentration camps, Jew hate, genocide,

and now will not permit

reformation, a new beginning.

How do you explain that,

with the world as it is?

It's amazing that Gudrun, who considers

things very rationally and intelligently,

by one foolish act, experienced

a holy self implementation.

I feel that she created

something free with her act.

Even in the family.

I feel liberated.

Of a tightness and a fear,

that had ruled my life before.

It took the fear from me.

Throw a single stone,

and that is a crime.

Throw a thousand stones

and that is a political action.

Set fire to a car,

that is a crime.

Burn a thousand cars,

and that is a political act.

Protest is saying:

"I disagree with this and that. "

Resistance is saying:

"I will put a stop to this and that. "

Thanks for making this possible.

- It's OK. I've read your work.

Can one stop the genocide in Vietnam by

burning down a department store?

No. It was an error,

as I said in court.

It was an act of rebellion.

But it was pointless...

while Fascism grows

as strong as it was under Hitler.

This time we offer resistance.

Out of responsibility before history.

People, here and in America,

must eat. Must eat and buy.

But they do not think

about it, they just consume.

We wanted them to

think about it a little.

So you burned down

a department store?

I will never resign myself

to doing nothing. Never.

If people try to murder us,

like Ohnesorg und Dutschke,

then we will shoot back.

That is only consistent.

Do you really mean that?

All over the world

comrades fight with guns in hand.

We must become soldiers.

- We fight already.

And if the fascists throw

you into prison for it?

Such victims they'll have.

Or do you believe that you'll change

something with your grand theory?

Sorry, I didn't mean to be cruel.

Is Baader or Gudrun here?

- Gudrun is up there.

Oh! Sorry!

- Hello. Who are you?

I'm Peter Boock.

- And I'm Gudrun.

Are you a runaway?

Youth Training Centre.

- There are others here, too.

They'll soon come and join us.

They gather up here.

Can I bathe afterwards?

- Bathe now.

No water wasting here.

Tell me about yourself.

Where did you get that?

- Youth Training Centre. Lucky City.

I heard about it.

You nearly burned the place down.

The bastards nearly

beat us to death for it.

If they catch me,

no more day leave till I turn 21.

Don't let it worry you.

You're part of our family now.

You were locked up for arson, too.

But we are free on appeal.

And at least we can make an appeal.

And so we make it.

- And if they find me?

Andreas and I must disappear,

if our appeal is rejected.

Tell me... do I see right?

You trying to f*** my old lady?

Well, Kitty?

Hey.

Andreas, this is Peter.

What happened to you?

- The staff at Lucky City.

Then we should tear them some new arseholes.

Great leather jacket!

Here, it's yours.

Let's go! To Darmstadt!

- We don't have enough cars.

Then we'll steal two or three.

Only the gun cures the rigidity.

Go on, fire at will!

Fire at will!

We have made

extraordinary efforts...

to understand what the people want.

We want more democracy.

These words of the new Federal Chancellor

Willy Brandt as he takes office...

reconcile the students and end

nearly 3 years continuous riots.

The reform promises to create

peace at the universities, and the basis

to bring the outside parliamentary

opposition into the democratic process.

And what do you believe?

- I think the worst is over.

The protest movement

has lost its momentum.

Groups which feel existentially oppressed

will not hesitate

to bomb whatever parts of

society they see as oppressive.

Over here!

Can't you see us?

Gudrun?

Andreas... Hallo, Astrid.

- Mister Counsellor.

And? What are your plans?

What's next for you?

Can't you talk normally? Do you

really think Interpol are after us?

...because those jerks

in Frankfurt rejected our appeal?

We're not going back to prison.

Then come to Berlin. Illegally.

We're building up a new group.

We're further along than you'd think.

What have your guys done?

A lot's happened since you've been away.

We have good contacts.

Houses, ID, money, weapons.

We can provide everything.

Yeah, under your leadership.

The illegal underground attorney.

I'm shitting myself.

- Let him finish.

They couldn't steal grandma's puppy!

- That's not the point.

Where's Dutschke now?

- Living in London.

He's crippled, can hardly speak.

Since he was shot, nobody leads

while the struggle goes on.

The struggle would have been won,

if they hadn't screwed it up.

Show us what you're made of.

Steal the purse from granny's bag.

Baby...

- I want to know if he's got the balls.

Or is it all just talk?

Oh, man!

F***ing sh*t, they're stealing my car!

Hey! Stop!

F***ing spagetti-muncher!

Sh*t! You dumb b*tch,

you left the car open again!

So what? Steal a new one.

- You C*NT!

C*NT! F*** IT ALL!

WHY?

What are you doing here? Why us?

So call the cops.

Where's Ulrike?

- In bed.

Where's the bedroom?

- Back there.

Wait a minute.

Quiet, you'll wake the children.

We're back.

They're hunting you, you know.

- Big deal.

Can we stay here for a while?

- Yes, of course.

We're recruiting here

in Berlin. And in other cities.

We're expanding the group.

Political conditions change.

What are your plans?

- What kind of stupid question is that?

We take action.

If it goes wrong, too bad.

So, that's it for me.

Where can I crash?

I'll join you in a moment.

What does he mean, though?

- He means exactly what he said.

Andreas does not compromise.

You must understand that.

Andreas is more of a revolutionary

than all the rest of us together.

Sounds great when you're stoned.

You look unhappy.

I saw a film about Youth Homes.

Girls there are treated like sh*t.

I thought I could do something

about it, but they remain shitty.

But Peggy there escaped.

What we need is a new morality.

You must see that clearly.

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