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Berlin Alexanderplatz

Name: Berlin Alexanderplatz
Genre: Crime, Drama
Cast: Günter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Gottfried John, Barbara Sukowa, Franz Buchrieser

1980 · 1 season, 14 episodes · 60m episodes · Crime, Drama · Das Erste · Germany · Rated 15 (GB)

A FILM IN 13 PARTS & AN EPILOGUE

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.

Created by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Based on the novel by

Alfred Döblin

Starring

Günter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Gottfried John, Barbara Sukowa, Franz Buchrieser, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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1920sbased on novel or bookberlin, germanybreaking the fourth wallclass struggleex-conhistorical epicinterwar periodnonlinear narrativeperiod dramaweimar republic

Rating15 (GB)

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