The Legend of Rita (2000)

Original title

Die Stille nach dem Schuss

Directed by

Volker Schlöndorff

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former West German terrorist goes into hiding in East Germany with help from the Stasi. She tries to build a new life but struggles with the lies and paranoia of her past.

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What happens

Die Stille nach dem Schuss (literally The Silence after the Shot) is a 2000 German film that was released in English as The Legend of Rita (also sometimes referred to as Legends of Rita, The Legends of Rita, or Rita's Legends). The film focuses on collusion between the East German secret police, or Stasi, and the West German terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF). The fictional characters all have close parallels to real-life RAF members. The script was reportedly based on events in the life of Inge Viett. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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