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If Not Us, Who? [Wer wenn nicht wir]
[cert 15, 121 mins]
Based on the emotional true story of an explosive era - the tumultuous 20-year relationship between anti-fascist writer Bernward Vesper (August Diehl) and his striking muse/political peer Mutter Ensslin (Susanne Lothar). Together, the two young left-wing lovers set about publishing their own series of politicised literature, urging both East and West Germans not to forget the lessons learnt from the all-too recent Second World War. After fathering Vesper's child, Ensslin becomes infatuated by a young revolutionary in the form of the charismatic Andreas Baader, whose predication for violent forms of protest soon drags the couple into direct confrontation with the powers that be
Director: Andres Veiel
Starring: August Diehl, Lena Lauzemis and Alexander Fehling
Level: AS, A2, KS4
Subjects: German, History
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