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Berlin Alexanderplatz

NR
1980–1980·Ended·1 Seasons·14 Episodes·64 min·Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Studio: Bavaria Film, WDR
TMDb7.3
Available on
Criterion Channel
Nexus tv13284TMDb 43189IMDb tt0080196TVDB 85149
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Germany
German · Foreign
FOREIGN
DramaCrime

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.

Trailer

Cast

Günter Lamprecht
Günter Lamprecht
Franz Biberkopf
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Narrator (voice, uncredited)

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Keywords

berlin, germanybased on novel or bookbreaking the fourth wallperiod dramaex-con1920sclass struggleinterwar periodhistorical epicweimar republicnonlinear narrative

Seasons

Specials10 episodes
2007
1
The Making of Berlin, Alexanderplatz
2007-11-13
107m0.0es734177
2
Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007-11-13
44m0.0es734178
3
Fassbinder's "Berlin Alexanderplatz" Remastered: Notes on the Restoration
2007-11-13
6m0.0es734179
4
The restoration - Before and After
2007-11-13
65m0.0es734180
5
The original recaps
2007-11-13
44m0.0es734181
6
Credits cast & crew of film & restoration
2007-11-13
32m0.0es734182
7
Episode 7
2007-11-20
4m0.0es734183
8
Episode 8
2007-11-27
7m0.0es734184
9
Episode 9
2007-12-04
84m0.0es734185
10
Episode 10
2007-12-11
24m0.0es734186
Limited Series14 episodes
1980
1
The Punishment Begins
1980-10-12
82m4.0es734187
2
How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die?
1980-10-13
60m0.0es734188
3
A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul
1980-10-20
59m0.0es734189
4
A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence
1980-10-27
59m0.0es734190
5
A Grim Reaper with Powers from Almighty God
1980-11-03
60m0.0es734191
6
Love Has Its Price
1980-11-10
59m0.0es734192
7
Remember—An Oath Can Be Amputated
1980-11-17
58m0.0es734193
8
The Sun Warms the Skin, But Burns It Sometimes Too
1980-11-24
59m0.0es734194
9
About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few
1980-12-01
59m0.0es734195
10
Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls
1980-12-08
60m0.0es734196
11
Knowledge Is Power and the Early Bird Catches the Worm
1980-12-15
59m0.0es734197
12
The Serpent in the Soul of the Serpent
1980-12-22
60m0.0es734198
13
The Outside and the Inside and the Secret of Fear of the Secret
1980-12-29
59m0.0es734199
14
My Dream of the Dream of Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin, An Epilogue
1980-12-29
112m0.0es734200
Added: 5/14/2026Updated: 6/4/2026