Berlin Alexanderplatz

(series)
  • West Germany Berlin Alexanderplatz
West Germany / Italy, 1980, 15 h 1 min (Length: 58–112 min)

Based on:

Alfred Döblin (book)

Cinematography:

Xaver Schwarzenberger

Composer:

Peer Raben

Cast:

Günter Lamprecht, Karlheinz Braun, Hanna Schygulla, Claus Holm, Franz Buchrieser, Brigitte Mira, Roger Fritz, Gottfried John, Barbara Sukowa (more)
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Episodes(14)

Plots(1)

Franz Biberkopf is an unforgettable man: good-natured, soft, tender, but also hard, violent and brutal. Released from prison following a four year sentence for the manslaughter of his girlfriend, he plans to make a new start and a decent life for himself. But a chaotic, decadent Berlin of the 20's is not the easiest place for an ex-con to go straight, and work is hard to come by. When Franz becomes fascinated by Reinhold, a psychotic small-time crook, he is soon drawn back into a world he cannot escape. (Second Sight)

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Reviews of this series by the user NinadeL (1)

Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) 

English Logically speaking, an audiovisual work is mainly based on the visual impression. It consists mainly of the quality of the set design, and if I didn't believe in it whatsoever the entire time, the other values are suddenly wiped out. I stopped believing in good German films during the 1950s. It’s the last decade in which I can still find something good here and there, but not an abundance thereof. ()