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Uli Edel

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  • Writer
  • Producer
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Uli Edel
A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s. Based on Stefan Aust's best-selling nonfiction book.
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The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
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Uli Edel was born on 11 April 1947 in Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Christiane F. (1981) and Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013).
BornApril 11, 1947
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

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Uli Edel, Nick Cage
Adrien Brody and Uli Edel in Houdini (2014)
Uli Edel
Uli Edel, Johanna Wokalek, Moritz Bleibtreu
Uli Edel
Frank Kusche, Karl Walther Lindenlaub, Uli Edel
Uli Edel, Martina Gedeck, Bruno Ganz. Premiere of THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX
Anjelica Huston, Uli Edel, Julianna Margulis, Joan Allen, Premiere of THE MISTS OF AVALON
Uli Edel, Richard Harris, Chris Noth
Uli Edel, Valeria Golino
Bernd Eichinger, Uli Edel
Nadja Uhl, Uli Edel

Known for

The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Baader Meinhof Complex
7.3
  • Director
  • 2008
David Bowie and Natja Brunckhorst in Christiane F. (1981)
Christiane F.
7.5
  • Director(as Ulrich Edel)
  • 1981
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013)
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga
7.4
TV Mini Series
  • Director
Jennifer Jason Leigh in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
6.8
  • Director(directed by)
  • 1989

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Director

  • Heisenberg
    • Pre-production
  • Code Name Opera
    • (attached)
    • In Development
  • Sea Isle
    • Pre-production
  • Svenja Jung in The Palace (2022)
    The Palace
  • The Master Butcher (2019)
    The Master Butcher
  • Unterm Birnbaum (2019)
    Unterm Birnbaum
  • Nicolas Cage in Pay the Ghost (2015)
    Pay the Ghost
  • Adrien Brody in Houdini (2014)
    Houdini
  • Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013)
    Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga
  • Zeiten ändern Dich (2010)
    Zeiten ändern Dich
  • The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
    The Baader Meinhof Complex
  • Benno Fürmann and Kristanna Loken in Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)
    Ring of the Nibelungs
  • Christopher Walken, Richard Harris, and Jeremy Sisto in Caesar (2002)
    Caesar
  • Katherine Heigl and Thomas Gibson in Evil Never Dies (2003)
    Evil Never Dies
  • King of Texas (2002)
    King of Texas
  • The Mists of Avalon (2001)
    The Mists of Avalon
  • Promo Poster
    The Little Vampire
  • Eric Roberts, Randy Quaid, Sam Shepard, Brad Rowe, and Donnie Wahlberg in Purgatory (1999)
    Purgatory

Writer

  • Perahim - die zweite Chance
  • Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013)
    Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga
  • The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
    The Baader Meinhof Complex
  • Benno Fürmann and Kristanna Loken in Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)
    Ring of the Nibelungs
  • Eine Art von Zorn
  • David Bowie and Natja Brunckhorst in Christiane F. (1981)
    Christiane F.
    • (uncredited)
  • Härte 10 (1974)
    Das Ding
    • (as Ulrich Edel)
  • Der harte Handel
  • Der kleine Soldat

Producer

  • Katherine Heigl and Thomas Gibson in Evil Never Dies (2003)
    Evil Never Dies
  • Motel
  • Zwei Hotels, Nachbarn in Nahost
  • Harald Reinl - Kino ohne Probleme
  • Aus der Traum
    • (as Ulrich Edel)
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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The Baader Meinhof Complex
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The Baader Meinhof Complex

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    • April 11, 1947
    • Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany
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    After studying theater science, he got to know Bernd Eichinger at the Munich Film School. In 1980, he became director of Eichinger's hit movie Christiane F. (1981).

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