TV Series · 1980
Berlin Alexanderplatz
60 min · Crime, Drama · Ended
Composite
8.1
IMDb
8.3 / 10
5,305 votes
TMDB
7.5 / 10
51 votes
Local
— / 10
No votes
Synopsis
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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Streaming availability
flatrate
Criterion Channel
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Cast
Crew
Art
- Werner Achmann Set Designer
- Helmut Gassner Set Designer
- Olaf Schiefner Props
- Michael Assinger Props
- Fritz Goldmann Props
- Harry Baer Art Department Manager
- Josef Vavra Assistant Director of Photography
Camera
- Xaver Schwarzenberger Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
- Anni Nöbauer Makeup & Hair
- Klaus Heim Makeup & Hair
- Peter Knöpfle Makeup & Hair
- Barbara Baum Costume Design
- Monika Jacobs Costume Assistant
Directing
- Thomas Schühly Assistant Director
- Renate Leiffer Assistant Director
- Harry Baer Assistant Director
- Doris Glatz Continuity
Editing
- Juliane Lorenz Editor
- Franz Walsch Editor
Production
- Peter Märthesheimer Producer
- Gunther Witte Producer
- Günter Rohrbach Producer
- Rüdiger Lange Unit Manager
- Dieter Menz Production Manager
- Wulf Gasthaus Location Manager
- Gisela Schneider Production Secretary
Sound
- Peer Raben Original Music Composer
- Theo Müller Sound
- Milan Bor Sound Mixer
- Hans R. Weiss Sound
- Karsten Ullrich Sound
Visual Effects
- Theo Nischwitz Visual Effects
Writing
- Alfred Döblin Novel
Seasons & episodes
Limited Series (1 ep)
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14. My Dream of the Dream of Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin, An Epilogue
Dec 29, 1980 · 112 min
In a fantasy sequence, Franz walks along a street of the dead with two angels. He finds Mieze, but she disappears from his arms. Reinhold is in prison for the crimes committed by a man whose identity he has acquired. He is anguished that his cellmate and lover is being released. Franz is taken to an asylum. Much of the rest of the episode takes place in his imagination. Franz's being run over by the car is re-enacted with different characters taking on the roles of victim and driver. In a striking sequence, Franz and Mieze are treated like animals being slaughtered in an abattoir. On a nativity set, Franz is raised on a cross as the other characters watch. An atom bomb goes off in the background and the angels clear the dead. The surreal imagery ceases suddenly and Franz is at Reinhold's trial testifying to his good character. Reinhold is sentenced to ten years for manslaughter.
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