The BaaderMeinhof Gang on Trial

Based on the research for his nonfiction book Der BaaderMeinhoffKomplex Spiegel journalist Stefan Aust wrote the screen play to Reinhard Hauffs controversial feature film that renarrates the startling trial against the RAF terrorists Baader Meinhoff Ensslin and Raspe The trial that started in May 1975 in the Stammheim maximumsecurity prison extended over 192 days and ended with a lifetime sentence for all defendants