Made in response to the terrorist kidnapping of German industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer in 1977, this compilation film marks attitudes ranging from concern to irony to despair among its eight directors. It is, of course, wildly uneven (and sometimes insufferable), but there’s an urgency and engagement in each of the episodes. Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s section is perhaps the best, in part because it’s the most personal—an extended discussion cum rant between Fassbinder and his oblivious lover. Among the other contributors are Alexander Kluge, Alf Brustellin, Bernhard Sinkel, and Volker Schlöndorff. Kluge, the main organizer behind this 1978 feature, later used his segment, “The Patriot,” as the basis for one of his features. In German with subtitles.