Docudrama in two parts, based on the abduction of the president of the employer's association of Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer, by the Baader-Meinhof gang in the Autumn of '77.

A thrilling documentary with fictional elements based on the true story of the abduction of the president of the employer's association, Hanns-Martin Schleyer, by terrorists in the autumn of 1977.—The Moose <[email protected]>

Autumn 1977 in Germany. In the first part of the movie ("Volksgefängnis") the businessman Hanns Martin Schleyer is kidnapped by terrorists from the RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion - Red Army Fraction). They demand the release of their former leaders Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe, who are arrested in the prison of Stammheim. When the German government delays this release, Arabic terrorists (friends of the RAF) hijack a plane with German tourists aboard (second part: "Entführt die Landshut"). Showdown takes place on Mogadishu airport - The plot follows the real-life events mixed with documentary sequences. See also Deutschland im Herbst (1978) and Stammheim - Die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe vor Gericht (1986).—Anonymous