- Country: West Germany
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Release: 1980-09-09
- Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Writers: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Language: German | English | French
- Stars: Eddie Constantine , Hanna Schygulla , Volker Spengler , Margit Carstensen , Harry Baer , Hark Bohm , Jürgen Draeger , Raúl Gimenez , Claus Holm , Günther Kaufmann
- Runtime: 111 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: La tercera generación (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , 第三世代 (Japan) , Den tredje generation (Denmark) , La Troisième Génération (France, French Republic) , A harmadik generáció (Hungary) , Trzecia generacja (Poland) , Kolmas sukupolvi (Finland) , Den tredje generationen (Sweden) , Третье поколение , The Third Generation , Nasl e Sevvom (Iran) , I triti genia (Greece) , The Third Generation (United States of America) , La tercera generación (Mexico) , A Terceira Geração (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Tretí generace , La terza generazione (Italy) , Die dritte Generation (Germany) , Den tredje generasjon (Norway) , A Terceira Geração (Brazil) , Die dritte Generation , Die dritte Generation , The Third Generation (United Kingdom) , La tercera generación (Spain) , Üçüncü Kuşak (Turkey)
- Plot:
A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government and industry c. 1980, as the third generation of Western European left-wing activists forms, after crippling of the violent Red Army Faction. International capitalist PJ Lurz’s secretary is a gang member, while her police commissioner father-in-law/lover hired Lurz’ corporate security force.
- IMDB:tt0079083
The Third Generation Cast · · · ALL
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director
Harry Baer
Rudolf Mann
Hark Bohm
Gerhard Gast
Margit Carstensen
Petra Vielhaber
Eddie Constantine
P. J. Lurz
Jürgen Draeger
Hans Vielhaber
Udo Kier
Edgar Gast
Volker Spengler
August
Hanna Schygulla
Susanne Gast
Bulle Ogier
Hilde Krieger
Günther Kaufmann
Franz Walsch
Claus Holm
Opa Gast
Raúl Gimenez
Paul
Lilo Pempeit
Mutter Gast
Y Sa Lo
Ilse Hoffmann
Vitus Zeplichal
Bernhard von Stein
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Juliane Lorenz
Job Placement Counselor (uncredited)
Peer Raben
(uncredited)