The Raspberry Reich (2004) on Netflix
Gudrun leads an amateur German terrorist group modeled on the 1970s Red Army Faction. Her comrades kidnap Patrick, a wealthy industrialist's son, and she presses them to abandon heterosexuality.
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Plot summary
Gudrun models a small German terrorist group on the Red Army Faction of the 1970s, and it takes the name the Sixth Generation of the Baader-Meinhof Gang, or the Raspberry Reich. The members name themselves for RAF figures and for revolutionaries such as Che Guevara. The group kidnaps Patrick, the son of a wealthy industrialist, and Gudrun hopes to trade him for leftist demands presented to his father. She also presses her all-male comrades to give up heterosexuality, which she calls a mass delusion.
Cast
- Andreas Rupprechtas Patrick
- Stephan Dilschneideras Neighbour 2
- Pünktchen Volker Paravicinias Drag Queen Door
- Sven Reichardtas policeman
- Alfredo Holzas Arab Terrorist 2
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- Claus Matthesas Arab Terrorist 3
- Daniel Fettigas Che
- Joeffreyas Horst
- Naushadas Muslim
- Pünktchenas Drag Queen Door
- Sven Reinhardas Policeman
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Raspberry Reich (2004)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The title's "Reich" refers to communist sexologist Wilhelm Reich, while "Raspberry Reich" was coined by Red Army Faction leader Gudrun Ensslin to describe the oppression of consumer society.
- The film's guerrilla group is led by a woman named Gudrun, after RAF leader Gudrun Ensslin, and every character is named after an original Baader-Meinhof Gang member or a revolutionary such as Che Guevara.
- An uncut version was released as The Revolution Is My Boyfriend, re-edited by gay pornographic studio Cazzo Film to restore erotic scenes that were edited out of the original version.
