In the early 60s, Bernward Vesper and fellow university student Gudrun Ensslin begin a passionate love in the stifling atmosphere of provincial West Germany. Dedicated to the power of the written word, Bernward and Gudrun found a publishing house whose first publication is, paradoxically to many, a controversial past work of Bernward's ostracized father, an infamous Nazi author. Bernward defends his father's writing ability, even if he is haunted by his father's suspicious past.
August Diehl
as Bernward Vesper
Lena Lauzemis
as Gudrun Ensslin
Alexander Fehling
as Andreas Baader
Thomas Thieme
as Will Vesper
Imogen Kogge
as Rose Vesper
Michael Wittenborn
as Helmut Ensslin
Susanne Lothar
as Ilse Ensslin
Sebastian Blomberg
as Klaus Roehler
Maria Dragus
as Ruth Ensslin
Vicky Krieps
as Dörte
Rainer Bock
as Verteidiger
Susanne-Marie Wrage
as Anstaltsleiterin
