Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)

10/12/1980 (DE) • 1h

Drama, Crime

A FILM IN 13 PARTS & AN EPILOGUE

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Günter Lamprecht

Franz Biberkopf

14 Episodes

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Narrator (voice, uncredited)

14 Episodes


Last Season

Limited Series

1980 | 14 Episodes

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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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

German

Keywords

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

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