'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex', with two outstanding central performances from Bleibtreu as Bader and Gedeck as Meinhof, this dramatised story of the infamous Bader Meinhof terrorist cell of the l960s and l970s deserved to be much better.

A curious film this, in that it has been presented as a quality product packed with goodness and style and beauty - which, in a way, it is - yet ends up as empty and with no lasting memories.