Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

The Baader Meinhof Complex

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Germany
Directed by Uli Edel

ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY

This is the eighth Academy Award nomination for Germany. Previous nominations were:

  • THE LIVES OF OTHERS (2006) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
  • SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS (2005) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • DOWNFALL (2004) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • NOWHERE IN AFRICA (2002) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
  • BEYOND SILENCE (1997) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • SCHTONK! (1992) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • THE NASTY GIRL (1990) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

Prior to reunification in 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany received a total of eight Academy Award nominations, including one win:

  • ANGRY HARVEST (1985) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • THE TIN DRUM (1979) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
  • THE GLASS CELL (1978) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • THE PEDESTRIAN (1973) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • THE BRIDGE (1959) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • ARMS AND THE MAN (1958) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • THE DEVIL CAME AT NIGHT (1957) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
  • THE CAPTAIN OF KOPENICK (1956) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

Prior to reunification in 1990, the German Democratic Republic received one Academy Award nomination:

  • JACOB, THE LIAR (1968) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

FILM SYNOPSIS

The roots of the infamous German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, are traced to the turbulent events of the late 1960s. When a political riot leaves a protester dead and an assassination attempt is made on a left-wing leader, student radicals Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin join forces with journalist Ulrike Meinhof to form a violent faction that turns to bombings, kidnappings, and murder to achieve its goals.
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