Berlin Alexanderplatz
TV
Type
1980
Year
1 Season
Seasons
★ 7.4
Rating
Drama / Crime
Genre
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.
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Episodes
1. The Punishment Begins
2. How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die?
3. A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul
4. A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence
5. A Grim Reaper with Powers from Almighty God
6. Love Has Its Price
7. Remember—An Oath Can Be Amputated
8. The Sun Warms the Skin, But Burns It Sometimes Too
9. About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few
10. Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls
11. Knowledge Is Power and the Early Bird Catches the Worm
12. The Serpent in the Soul of the Serpent
13. The Outside and the Inside and the Secret of Fear of the Secret
14. My Dream of the Dream of Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin, An Epilogue
Cast

Günter Lamprecht
Franz Biberkopf

Hanna Schygulla
Eva

Gottfried John
Reinhold

Barbara Sukowa
Emilie "Mieze" Karsunke

Franz Buchrieser
Meck

Ivan Desny
Pums
Brigitte Mira
Frau Bast

Claus Holm
Max

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Narrator (voice, uncredited)