# The Third Generation (1979)

> A mordantly comic West German conspiracy film where corporate panic and revolutionary violence become mutually profitable performances.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/80082

## Facts

- Runtime: 110 min
- Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast: Harry Baer, Hark Bohm, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine, Jürgen Draeger, Udo Kier, Volker Spengler, Hanna Schygulla
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079083/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: mordant, paranoid, irreverent, arthouse film night, political cinema screening

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