A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
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| Directing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Director |
| Art | Raúl Gimenez | Production Design |
| Sound | Peer Raben | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Volker Spengler | Art Direction |
| Editing | Juliane Lorenz | Editor |
| Writing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Screenplay |
| Production | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Producer |
| Production | Harry Baer | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Jean-Luc Marie | Sound |
| Camera | Hans-Günther Bücking | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anni Nöbauer | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Mel Kutbay | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Milan Bor | Sound |
| Production | Karin Viesel | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Joachim Schulz | Pyrotechnician |
| Sound | Hartmut Eichgrün | Sound |
| Camera | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Director of Photography |
| Production | Harry Baer | Production Manager |
| Directing | Juliane Lorenz | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Alexander Witt | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Lothar Tropp | Pyrotechnician |
| Directing | Diana Elephant | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Fred Bräutigam | Pyrotechnician |
| Editing | Karin Viesel | Assistant Editor |