Une Jeunesse Allemande
A German Youth | Eine Deutsche Jugend

Une Jeunesse Allemande | A German Youth | Eine Deutsche Jugend by Jean-Gabriel Périot
FRA/CHE/DEU 2015, Panorama
Source: 1976 Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen, Berlin

Une Jeunesse Allemande | A German Youth | Eine Deutsche Jugend by Jean-Gabriel Périot
FRA/CHE/DEU 2015, Panorama
© Gerd Conradt

Une Jeunesse Allemande | A German Youth | Eine Deutsche Jugend by Jean-Gabriel Périot
FRA/CHE/DEU 2015, Panorama
© Archiv Th. Gieffer. ConVoi Film, Berlin
Their protest against the state led to the founding of the Red Army Faction (RAF). Constructed entirely from copious film and audio material, the film describes – without commentary – their gradual transformation and increasing politicisation until they take up armed resistance; it also describes the reactions of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany at the time. Jean-Gabriel Périot’s award-winning short films make elaborate use of archive footage in order to create incisive commentaries on violence and history. Une jeunesse allemande marks his first feature-length film. His work offers an outsider’s view of the Federal Republic of Germany in the RAF era; it also provides a lesson in radical behaviour and society’s reactions to it that is alarmingly topical, although the circumstances may have changed.
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