Project Detail

Children of the Revolution

Synopsis

After 1968, Ulrike Meinhof and Fusako Shigenobu sought world revolution. As leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army, they became the most notorious 'terrorists' of their time. Journalists Bettina Röhl and May Shigenobu explore the lives of their revolutionary mothers: what were they fighting for and what have we learned?

Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Features
Running time
95 mins
Format
HD
Director
Shane O' Sullivan
Producer
Alan Maher, Christiane Hinz
Co-Producer
Alan Maher, Christiane Hinz
Editor
Ben Yeates, Fergal McGrath, Shane O' Sullivan
Director of Photography
Axel Schneppat, Bassem Fayad, Robin Probyn
Sound
Johannes Schmelzer-Ziringer, Victor Bresse, Steve Yasui
Principal cast
Ulrike Meinhof, Bettina Röhl, Fusako Shigenobu, May Shigenobu, Leila Khaled, Masao Adachi, Astrid Proll

Production Status

Production Company

Transmission Films/E2 Films

46 Nichols Court
10 Cremer Street
London E2 8HR
UK

T +44 (0)20 7613 2639

e2films@gmail.com

Sales Company

Transmission Films/E2 Films

46 Nichols Court
10 Cremer Street
London E2 8HR
UK

T +44 (0)20 7613 2639

e2films@gmail.com

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