Stammheim

A movie about the violence of fear and the fear of violence. A helicopter flight transports you to Coppola's Vietnam, but the apocalypse takes place on the inside: Ulrike and Gudrun are in jail, later joined by Andi and Jan, making you wonder whether this is a '68ers' flat share, a cult or just isolation torture. There are absurdities and paranoia on all sides: in the bureaucratic correctness and incomprehension of the state, in the relationship terror of the inmates and the petty games that everyone plays with each other.

Niki shot the film in the original RAF cells in Stammheim and plays on media memories, clandestine romanticism and sheer voyeurism. That's what makes cinema great!

Source: 18. LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International