Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Leftist Extremism: Activism or Terror?
TITLE DETAILS

Leftist Extremism: Activism or Terror?

2019-01-29 · 52 min · ★ 4.0

Documentary · TV Movie

Leftist extremist groups operating in Europe have chosen violence as a political tactic: they attack the right-wing parties offices, attack the police, provoke riots in demonstrations. Although leftist violence is increasing, it receives almost no public attention. An investigation into the alleged good violence exercised in the name of a supposedly just cause.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Rainer Fromm, Galina Dick
Production companies
ARTE, FF Framework
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Heiko GraulSelf - Narrator (voice)
Ron BoeseSelf - Narrator (voice)
Benjamin DanielSelf - Narrator (voice)
Elke SchützholdSelf - Narrator (voice)
Jürgen PeterSelf
Klaus SchroederSelf
Benjamin JendroSelf
Tom SchreiberSelf
Thomas ElbertSelf
Andrea PöpperSelf
Armin Pfahl-TraughberSelf
Deniz ErgünSelf
Edu GonzálezSelf
Mikel OlaldeSelf
Rafael Leonisio CalvoSelf
Alexander KienzleSelf
Jan TrnkaSelf
Vladislava HujováSelf
Camille LainéSelf
Thomas RiegerSelf

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
★ 6.2
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story2025Documentary

Unravel the case of Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, whose child abuse arrest with parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke exposed a twisted tale of manipulation.

Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis
★ 7.2
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis2003Documentary · TV Movie

Louis Theroux travels to California to meet the man dubbed "the most dangerous racist in America"; Tom Metzger. Louis meets him, his family and his publicity manager as well as following him to skinhead rallies and on a visit to Mexico.

Justin Bieber's Believe
★ 6.9
Justin Bieber's Believe2013Documentary

A backstage and on-stage look at Justin Bieber during his rise to super stardom.

A Toxic Love Story
★ 6.4
A Toxic Love Story2026Documentary

A string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend.

David Blaine: Real or Magic
★ 6.8
David Blaine: Real or Magic2013Documentary · TV Movie

David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Ricky Gervais, Katy Perry, Woody Allen, and Robert DeNiro, to name a few. He goes to the homes of Kanye West and Harrison Ford, Will Smith and Olivia Wilde. He pays a visit to Stephen Hawking at his office in Cambridge University. Blaine also travels the world, astonishing people from all walks of life with never-before seen, inconceivable magic.

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
★ 8.5
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad2013Documentary

A documentary about the making of season five of the acclaimed AMC series Breaking Bad.

Fuck
★ 6.4
Fuck2006Documentary

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

Deliver Us from Evil
★ 7.2
Deliver Us from Evil2006Documentary

Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
★ 7.8
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty2000Documentary

A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.

Western Stars
★ 7.0
Western Stars2019Documentary

The incomparable Bruce Springsteen performs his critically acclaimed latest album and muses on life, rock, and the American dream, in this intimate and personal concert film co-directed by Thom Zimny and Springsteen himself.

Triumph of the Will
★ 6.9
Triumph of the Will1935Documentary

A showcase of German chancellor and Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally.

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger
★ 6.9
Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger2026Documentary

Experience the meteoric rise of Oasis through rare footage and untold stories as the band reunites for Oasis Live '25, chronicling their journey from Manchester streets to global rock stardom.

David Byrne's American Utopia
★ 7.5
David Byrne's American Utopia2020Documentary

A filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other and to the global community.

Above Majestic
★ 7.4
Above Majestic2018Documentary

A look at the origins, history and conspiracies behind the "Majestic 12", a clandestine group of military and corporate figureheads charged with reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology.

Making The Witcher
★ 7.1
Making The Witcher2020Documentary · TV Movie

Journey into the extraordinary world of "The Witcher" — from casting the roles to Jaskier's catchy song — in this behind-the-scenes look at the series.

OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)
★ 7.8
OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)2022Documentary

Grammy® winner singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo takes a familiar road trip from Salt Lake City, where she began writing her debut album “SOUR,” to Los Angeles. Along the way, Rodrigo recounts the memories of writing and creating her record-breaking debut album and shares her feelings as a young woman navigating a specific time in her life. Through new live arrangements of her songs, intimate interviews and never-before-seen footage from the making of the album, audiences will follow Olivia along on a cinematic journey exploring the story of “SOUR.”

4 Little Girls
★ 7.1
4 Little Girls1997Documentary · TV Movie

On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.

The Walking Dead: The Return
★ 7.4
The Walking Dead: The Return2024Documentary

Stars of "The Walking Dead," Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira, walk down memory lane and visit iconic locations where pivotal moments between their characters, Rick and Michonne, were filmed.

Tales of the Grim Sleeper
★ 6.3
Tales of the Grim Sleeper2014Documentary

When Lonnie Franklin Jr. was arrested in South Central Los Angeles in 2010 as the suspected murderer of a string of young black women, police hailed it as the culmination of 20 years of investigations. Four years later documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield took his camera to the alleged killer’s neighborhood for another view.

My Mom Jayne
★ 8.0
My Mom Jayne2025Documentary

Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and complex woman.

Similar titles

Poster unavailable
Not rated
Begegnung in Berlin1965Documentary

Short documentary directed by Günter Schlesinger

Berlin under Construction
★ 8.8
Berlin under Construction1946Documentary

Documentary short about the rebuilding of Berlin in 1946 from a Soviet perspective, showcasing the social changes that have taken place since the fall of Hitler and of Jews working side-by-side with non-Jewish counterparts.

Libere
★ 6.5
Libere2017Documentary

2 or 3 Things I Know About Him
★ 6.6
2 or 3 Things I Know About Him2005Documentary

What would your family reminiscences about dad sound like if he had been an early supporter of Hitler’s, a leader of the notorious SA and the Third Reich’s minister in charge of Slovakia, including its Final Solution? Executed as a war criminal in 1947, Hanns Ludin left behind a grieving widow and six young children, the youngest of whom became a filmmaker. It's a fascinating, maddening, sometimes even humorous look at what the director calls "a typical German story." (Film Forum)

Poster unavailable
Not rated
An Encounter2009Documentary

Imagine joint demonstrations of students and farmers! Such an improbable encounter happened on the Feast of Corpus Christi in 2009 on Vukovarska street in Zagreb, when students from Faculty of Social Sciences came to support the farmers' demonstrations in front of the building of Ministry of Agriculture. In spite of the fact that this event was present in all the media, this film is the only video recording of this unusual one-day encounter of students and farmers. Euphoric student night and sobering farmers' day; media-conscious activism and heavy machines on the streets; plenary form of organization and quarreling farmers' associations - these are just some of the manifestations of this unexpected alliance.

Portraits of Moscow Voyages: In Search of Laika
Not rated
Portraits of Moscow Voyages: In Search of Laika2013Documentary

Exploring Moscow and paying tribute to Laika, the first dog in space.

Battleship Berlin
Not rated
Battleship Berlin2021Documentary

Berlin’s brutalist heritage is under fire. The city’s powerful Charité hospital wants to destroy a brutalist icon of the Cold War era: The infamous former animal research laboratory called the Mäusebunker. Meanwhile, a dedicated group of politicians, preservationists, architects, gallerists, and students fight for an adaptive reuse of these magnificent, uncompromisingly unique structures. Who will win? No matter the outcome, you’re left with the impression that preservation can be brutal.

Heimatkunde
★ 6.6
Heimatkunde2008Documentary

Former "Titanic" satire magazine editor Martin Sonneborn takes an undercover trip around Berlin and discovers the East-German mentality and what is left of the socialist German Democratic Republic.

The Antifascists
★ 7.0
The Antifascists2017Documentary

A low-intensity war is being fought on the streets of Europe and the aim is on fascism. This critically acclaimed documentary takes us behind the masks of the militants called antifascists. In 2013 a group of armed nazis attacks a peaceful demonstration in Stockholm where several people are injured. In Greece the neo-nazi party Golden Dawn becomes the third largest in the election and in Malmö the activist Showan Shattak and his friends are attacked by a group of nazis with knives and he ends up in a coma. In this portrait of the antifascists in Greece and Sweden we get to meet key figures that explain their view on their radical politics but also to question the level their own violence and militancy.

Heroic Spain
★ 6.0
Heroic Spain1938Documentary

Documentary produced by Falange and edited in Berlin, in response to the international success of the Republican production "Spain 1936" (Le Chanois, 1937).

Berlin Geheimoperation Tunnel
★ 8.0
Berlin Geheimoperation Tunnel2011Documentary

Les bouillons parisiens, une histoire de goût
Not rated
Les bouillons parisiens, une histoire de goût2025Documentary

Notre Dame de Paris: The Ordeal of the Centuries
★ 7.8
Notre Dame de Paris: The Ordeal of the Centuries2019Documentary

A fictional documentary on Notre Dame de Paris, produced in 2019.

Gipfelstürmer - Die blutigen Tage von Genua
Not rated
Gipfelstürmer - Die blutigen Tage von Genua2002Documentary

A documentary about the police tactics during the G-8 summit in Genoa in 2002 which lead to the death of one person and left many people wounded.

Poster unavailable
★ 7.4
The Decline of the Century: Testament L.Z.1994Documentary

An epic documentary of rise and fall of Ustasha regime in Croatia.

The Berlin Fugue
Not rated
The Berlin Fugue2009Documentary

Alesia is a five year old girl growing up in an industrial city of Donetsk, Ukraine. She has to face the reality of her surroundings after growing up in love and hope in the warm family nest.

Hypocentre
Not rated
Hypocentre2013Documentary

Soldiers in Black
★ 7.0
Soldiers in Black2011Documentary

From 1940, around 25,000 Dutch people served in the Waffen-SS. In spite of their large number, they did not make much public disclosure after the war. Eight Dutch former SS men tell their story in this documentary. Never before have former SS men talked so openly about their motives, their (wrong) acts, their experiences on the (Eastern) front and their struggle with the memories of the past.

MAL-LOGÉS - le mouvement à Paris
Not rated
MAL-LOGÉS - le mouvement à Paris1990Documentary

Berliner Stadtbahnbilder
★ 9.0
Berliner Stadtbahnbilder1982Documentary

Documentation on the Berlin S-Bahn, which threatened to fall into oblivion as a result of the division of the city.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.