If Not Us, Who? ( Wer wenn nicht wir )

If Not Us, Who? (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Wer wenn nicht wir
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Andres Veiel

Written By:
Andres Veiel
Gerd Koenen

Actors:
August Diehl ..... Bernward Vesper
Lena Lauzemis ..... Gudrun Ensslin
Alexander Fehling ..... Andreas Baader
Thomas Thieme ..... Willi Vesper - Vater
Imogen Kogge ..... Rose Vesper - Mutter
Michael Wittenborn ..... Helmut Ensslin - Vater
Susanne Lothar ..... Ilse Ensslin - Mutter
Sebastian Blomberg ..... Klaus Roehler
Vicky Krieps ..... Dörte
Martin Butzke ..... Dieter Kunzelmann
Christina Hecke ..... Anne
Maria-Victoria Dragus ..... Ruth Ensslin
Rainer Bock ..... Verteidiger
Susanne-Marie Wrage ..... Gefängnisleiterin
Benjamin Sadler ..... Walter Jens

Synopsis:

Bern (August Diehl; INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, SALT) and Gudrun begin a passionate love affair set against the backdrop of West Germany in the 1960's. Following the war there has been a stifling atmosphere of provincialism but a new mood has captured the imagination of the young. Setting out to challenge the establishment Bern and Gudrun become part of a global uprising joining forces with leftist writers and political activists but Gudrun's passion makes her join the infamous German terrorist Baader Meinhoff Gang and their paths are set to take very different courses.

In the early 60s, Bernward Vesper and fellow university student Gudrun Ensslin begin a passionate love in the stifling atmosphere of provincial West Germany. Dedicated to the power of the written word, Bernward and Gudrun found a publishing house whose first publication is, paradoxically to many, a controversial past work of Bernward's ostracized father, an infamous Nazi author. Bernward defends his father's writing ability, even if he is haunted by his father's suspicious past. Gudrun, too, vehemently questions her own father's role during Hitler's Third Reich. Sensitive to the increasing restlessness of the times, the fiery couple lash out at the conformism and denial around them. After their tumultuous relationship nearly ends due to Bernward's infidelities, they start anew with a move to West Berlin in 1964. Joining forces with leftist writers and political activists, they become part of the spreading global uprising: 'If not us, who; If not now, when?' But discontentment with the world takes its toll on their tumultuous relationship. By the late 60s, Gudrun has joined rebellious Andreas Baader's pro-violence cause and Bernward risks his sanity by using psychedelic drugs in his struggles to finally write the novel committed to changing the world... Based on the emotional true story of an explosive era.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 27 May, 2015.

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