FILM
A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring Harry Baer, Hark Bohm, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine, Jürgen Draeger, Udo Kier, Volker Spengler, Hanna Schygulla
| In cinemas | 9 September 1980 |
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| Digital release | Not listed |
| Physical release | Not listed |
| First release anywhere | 30 May 1979 |
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