''The Journey'' (german: Die Reise) is a 1986 Swiss-German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

written and directed by

Markus Imhoof Markus Imhoof (born 19 September 1941) is a Swiss film director, screenwriter, theatre and opera director. Biography He began his career as a documentary maker, focusing on controversial issues. His 1968 film ''Rondo'' was a critical look at ...

. The film was entered into the main competition at the 43rd edition of the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...

Plot

Cast

Markus Boysen Markus Boysen (born 3 September 1954) is a German actor. Born in Hannover, Markus Boysen is the son of stage actor Rolf Boysen and the brother of director and scenic designer Peer Boysen. He received his acting education from the Hochschule ...

as Bertram Voss ''(based on Bernward Vesper)'' * Corinna Kirchhoff as Dagmar Wegener ''(based on

Gudrun Ensslin Gudrun Ensslin (; 15 August 1940 – 18 October 1977) was a German far-left terrorist and founder of the West German far-left militant group Red Army Faction (, or RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang). After becoming involved with co-foun ...

)'' *

Will Quadflieg Friedrich Wilhelm "Will" Quadflieg (; 15 September 1914 – 27 November 2003) was a German actor from Oberhausen. He was the father of actor Christian Quadflieg. He is considered one of Germany's best post-war actors. One of his most widely rec ...

as Vater Jost Voss ''(based on

Will Vesper Will Vesper (11 October 1882 in Barmen, Germany – 14 March 1962 in Gut Triangel bei Gifhorn) was a German author and literary critic who was involved in the Nazi book burnings. Life and work Born into a Protestant farmer family, he read H ...

)'' * Christa Berndl as Mutter Voss * Alexander Mehner as Florian * Claude Oliver Rudolph as Rolf Schröder ''(based on

Andreas Baader Berndt Andreas Baader (6 May 1943 – 18 October 1977) was one of the first leaders of the West German left-wing militant organization Red Army Faction (RAF), also commonly known as ''the Baader-Meinhof Group''. Life Andreas Baader was born i ...

)'' * Gero Prenn as Bertram als Kind

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* 1986 drama films 1986 films Swiss drama films German drama films West German films Films directed by Markus Imhoof Films set in the 1960s Films set in the 1970s Films set in West Germany Cultural depictions of the Red Army Faction Films based on German novels Films based on biographies Films à clef 1980s German-language films 1980s German films {{1980s-drama-film-stub