Nonfiction novel-based film "The Baader Meinhof Complex" has been chosen to be Germany's official entry to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film category in 2009.

The film, which premiered in Munich on Tuesday, will be competing with other foreign films in the running for an Oscar. The announcement of the shortlisted films will be announced on January 22.

Based on the nonfiction book by Stefan Aust, "The Baader Meinhof Complex" tells the story of the early years of the West German terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF), the most active and prominent terrorist group in postwar West Germany. It centers on the RAF from its start in 1967/1968 at the time of the German student movement to the German Autumn in 1977.

German stars Mortiz Bleibtreu and Martina Gedeck headline the credits as the leaders of the 70s terrorist group.

The film is scheduled for release in Germany on September 25 and on November 14 in the U.K.