Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980 · Miniseries · NR · 60 min · ★ 7.3
In late 1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city’s criminal underworld.
Based on Berlin Alexanderplatz
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Details
- Years
- 1980
- Release date
- 1980-10-12
- Language
- German
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 60 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (46 votes)
Themes
- berlin, germany
- based on novel or book
- breaking the fourth wall
- period drama
- ex-con
- 1920s
- class struggle
- interwar period
- historical epic
- weimar republic
- nonlinear narrative
Cast & crew
Günter Lamprecht
as Franz Biberkopf
Hanna Schygulla
as Eva
Gottfried John
as Reinhold
Barbara Sukowa
as Emilie "Mieze" Karsunke
Franz Buchrieser
as Meck
Barbara Valentin
as Ida
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Günther Kaufmann
as Theo
Vitus Zeplichal
as Rudi
Claus Holm
as Max
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Episodes1 season · 14 episodes
Season 114 episodes
- S1E1The Punishment Begins82m
- S1E2How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die?60m
- S1E3A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul59m
- S1E4A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence59m
- S1E5A Grim Reaper with Powers from Almighty God60m
- S1E6Love Has Its Price59m
- S1E7Remember—An Oath Can Be Amputated58m
- S1E8The Sun Warms the Skin, But Burns It Sometimes Too59m
- S1E9About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few59m
- S1E10Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls60m
- S1E11Knowledge Is Power and the Early Bird Catches the Worm59m
- S1E12The Serpent in the Soul of the Serpent60m
- S1E13The Outside and the Inside and the Secret of Fear of the Secret59m
- S1E14My Dream of the Dream of Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin, An Epilogue112m