Stockholm - 75
MovieTitle | Stockholm - 75 |
User score | 5.3 |
Release date | Sep 25, 2003 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | David Aronowitsch |
Production country | Germany, Sweden |
Production companies | MMM Film Zimmermann & Co, Hysteria Films |
Run time | 59 min. |
In April 1975 Commando Holger Meins occupies the West German Embassy in Stockholm. In exchange for the hostages they want to force the release of RAF-prisoners in Germany; Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin, etc. The occupation lasts twelve hours and ends in defeat for the occupants, left is a blown-up Embassy and four people dead, two of them executed by the occupants. Karl-Heinz Dellwo, 23 years old, is arrested and sentenced to jail. In 1995 he is released from prison. Today he lives in Hamburg with his girlfriend Ella, also a former terrorist. Karl-Heinz is trying to create a new life for himself, but he is always haunted by his violent past.