Dead Pool (1997)
Synopsis
Docudrama in two parts, based on the abduction of the president of the employer's association of Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer, by the Baader-Meinhof gang in the Autumn of '77.
First Air Date: 1997-06-15
Last Air Date: 1997-06-16
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 2
Created By: Heinrich Breloer
Networks: ARTE, ARTE
Top Cast
- Sebastian Koch as Andreas Baader
- Karoline Eichhorn as Brigitte Monhaupt
- Manfred Zapatka as Helmut Schmidt
- Dieter Mann as BKA-Präsident Horst Herold
- Claudia Michelsen as Sieglinde Hofmann
- Ulrich Matthes as Jan-Carl Raspe
- Hans-Jörg Assmann as Alfred Klaus
- Robert Viktor Minich as Jürgen Boock
- Hans Brenner as Hanns-Martin Schleyer
- Ulrich Bähnk as Co-Pilot Jürgen Vietor
Seasons
Season 1 (1997)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: People's Prison
The first part describes the kidnapping of Schleyer, the first decisions and countermeasures in Bonn, the manhunt for the hijackers and the psychological drama between Schleyer and the RAF terrorists guarding him. It ends with the news of the hijacking of the Lufthansa plane "Landshut", the escalation of the crisis.
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Ep. 2: Hijack the Landshut
The second part tells of the inferno in the hijacked plane, of the negotiations between the Federal Criminal Police Office and the Stammheim prisoners for their alleged release into a foreign country. It ends with the collective suicide in the high-security wing of Stammheim and the shooting of Schleyer, who had hoped that the hijacking of the plane might give his fate another turn.
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