If Not Us, Who?

2011 film

17 February 2011 (2011-02-17) (Berlinale)
10 March 2011 (2011-03-10) (Germany)

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If Not Us, Who? (German: Wer wenn nicht wir) is a 2011 German drama film directed by Andres Veiel and starring August Diehl.^[1] The film is set in the late 1940s, the early 1960s, and at the beginning of the Protests of 1968.

The film premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear.^[2]^[3] Veiel won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlinale.^[4] The film had its US premiere at the Berlin and Beyond film festival in San Francisco on 26 October 2011.

Cast

August Diehl as Bernward Vesper
Lena Lauzemis as Gudrun Ensslin
Alexander Fehling as Andreas Baader
Alexander Khuon as Rudi Dutschke
Rainer Bock as Defense lawyer
Sebastian Blomberg as Roehler
Maria-Victoria Dragus as Ruth Ensslin
Thomas Thieme as Vater Vesper
Joachim Paul Assböck as Journalist
Hanno Koffler as Uli Ensslin
Heike Hanold-Lynch as Mentorin v. G. Ensslin
Hark Bohm as Kritiker
Imogen Kogge as Mutter Vesper
Henriette Nagel
Susanne Lothar as Mutter Ensslin

References

^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-908215-01-7.
^ "Berlinale 2011: First Competition Films". Berlinale. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
^ "First Berlin 2011 Contenders are Revealed". indiemoviesonline.com. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
^ "The Awards / Die Preise" (PDF). Berlinale.de. Berlin International Film Festival. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.