In the Darkroom

Magdalena Kopp was married to the most wanted terrorist in the world: Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, known as Carlos the Jackal. At his side, she experienced the birth of international terrorism and Carlos' rise to media stardom. Growing up in a small conservative Bavarian town, Magdalena became enthusiastic about the '68 protest movement and, together with others, founded the radical left-wing Frankfurt "Revolutionary Cells". Her need to belong drove her into the arms of a man who would soon become the world's most famous terrorist. She trained with Palestinian freedom fighters and fought side by side with their national heroes. She followed Carlos into a web of dangerous international intrigue from Damascus to Baghdad and Paris, into a nebulous world of secret services and shadow governments, and in between it all gave birth to their daughter Rosa. When Magdalena realised that the political ideals had long since faded and only greed for power was fuelling her militant struggle, it was too late, she was in too deep. For some Carlos is a revolutionary, for others a murderer, but for Rosa he is the father she hasn't seen since she was five and only knows from the media. While the Jackal is on trial in Paris, mother and daughter set out on a courageous journey behind the shadows of his myth.