Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980
“A FILM IN 13 PARTS & AN EPILOGUE”
★ 7.4/10 NR DramaCrime 1 seasons · 14 eps Ended
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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.
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Cast
Claus Holm
Max
Franz Buchrieser
Meck
Brigitte Mira
Frau Bast
Gottfried John
Reinhold
Barbara Sukowa
Emilie "Mieze" Karsunke
Ivan Desny
Pums
Günter Lamprecht
Franz Biberkopf
Hanna Schygulla
Eva
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Roger Fritz
Herbert Virchow
Günther Kaufmann
Theo
Vitus Zeplichal
Rudi
Episode guide
Season 1 · 14 episodes
- E1 The Punishment Begins Oct 12, 1980
- E2 How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die? Oct 13, 1980
- E3 A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul Oct 20, 1980
- E4 A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence Oct 27, 1980
- E5 A Grim Reaper with Powers from Almighty God Nov 3, 1980
- E6 Love Has Its Price Nov 10, 1980
- E7 Remember—An Oath Can Be Amputated Nov 17, 1980
- E8 The Sun Warms the Skin, But Burns It Sometimes Too Nov 24, 1980
- E9 About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few Dec 1, 1980
- E10 Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls Dec 8, 1980
- E11 Knowledge Is Power and the Early Bird Catches the Worm Dec 15, 1980
- E12 The Serpent in the Soul of the Serpent Dec 22, 1980
- E13 The Outside and the Inside and the Secret of Fear of the Secret Dec 29, 1980
- E14 My Dream of the Dream of Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin, An Epilogue Dec 29, 1980