"The Third Generation"
1979
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

A controversial late-career masterpiece from Rainer Werner Fassbinder, this astute political farce follows a band of bourgeois German radicals as they plot to kidnap the director of a multinational corporation. Even as their plan crumbles under government scrutiny, the inheritors of the Baader-Meinhof mantle steadfastly stick to their guns. Vehemently attacked from both sides of the political spectrum, Fassbinder described his triumph as "a comedy in six parts, about party games, full of suspense, excitement and logic, horror and madness..." With Harry Baer, Hark Bohm, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine, and Bulle Ogier. German with English subtitles.  130 minutes.