S1·E2 How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die?
- Episode
- Season 1, Episode 2
- Air Date
- October 13, 1980
- Runtime
- 60 minutes
- Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Writer
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Story Type
- Core Character Arc
Synopsis
Biberkopf is self-employed, hawking necktie holders on the street, but has trouble making enough and doesn't consider himself an orator. After turning down the opportunity to sell sex ed manuals, he's talked into selling the Nazi newspaper Völkischer Beobachter and wearing a swastika armband. In the subway, Franz is confronted by a Jewish man selling hot sausages, but denies being antisemitic, and Dreske with two other men also known to him. Dreske admires Lenin and the Soviet Union, but Franz responds by decrying revolution and 'their' Weimar Republic.
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When did Season 1 Episode 2 of Berlin Alexanderplatz air?
Season 1, Episode 2 ('How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die?') originally aired on October 13, 1980.
How long is Season 1 Episode 2 ('How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die?')?
The runtime for this episode is approximately 60 minutes.
What happens in Berlin Alexanderplatz Season 1 Episode 2?
Biberkopf is self-employed, hawking necktie holders on the street, but has trouble making enough and doesn't consider himself an orator. After turning down the opportunity to sell sex ed manuals, he's talked into selling the Nazi newspaper Völkischer Beobachter and wearing a swastika armband. In the...
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