The Third Generation

A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.

Comedy Crime Drama

Harry Baer

(Rudolf Mann)

Hark Bohm

(Gerhard Gast)

Margit Carstensen

(Petra Vielhaber)

Eddie Constantine

(P. J. Lurz)

Jürgen Draeger

(Hans Vielhaber)

Udo Kier

(Edgar Gast)

Volker Spengler

(August)

Hanna Schygulla

(Susanne Gast)

Bulle Ogier

(Hilde Krieger)

Günther Kaufmann

(Franz Walsch)

Claus Holm

(Opa Gast)

Raúl Gimenez

(Paul)

Lilo Pempeit

(Mutter Gast)

Y Sa Lo

(Ilse Hoffmann)

Vitus Zeplichal

(Bernhard von Stein)

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

(Himself (archive footage) (uncredited))

Rudi Dutschke

(Himself (archive footage) (uncredited))

Juliane Lorenz

(Job Placement Counselor (uncredited))

Peer Raben

((uncredited))

Karsten Voigt

(Himself (archive footage) (uncredited))