Berlin Alexanderplatz

A FILM IN 13 PARTS & AN EPILOGUE

19801h 0m / epDrama · Crime

First aired

October 12, 1980

7.5

TMDB Score

75% match · 51 votes

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S01 · E10

Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls

Limited Series · Dec 8, 1980 · 1h 0m

As Mieze cannot conceive, Eva tells her she'll have a child with Franz that Mieze can then raise. Mieze is delighted, to the point that Eva asks if she is a lesbian. Eva also tells Mieze she's concerned that Franz is getting into trouble with 'rogue' Willy, when he should be attending to those who took his arm. Franz listens as Willy espouses Nietzschean ideas while Max pleads with a Marxist to keep politics out of the bar. Franz drunkenly wanders the streets at night repeating snippets of the conversation before declaring he has no use for politics. Franz takes a taxi to the Tegel prison, where he falls asleep on a park bench before being accosted by a police officer and, now very drunk, making his way back home.

About the Series

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DramaCrime

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.

CreatorRainer Werner Fassbinder

First aired
October 12, 1980
Last aired
December 29, 1980
Seasons
1 season · 14 episodes
Status
Ended
Original language
German
Network
Das Erste

Top Billed Cast

Günter Lamprecht

Günter Lamprecht

Franz Biberkopf

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Eva

Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Reinhold

Barbara Sukowa

Barbara Sukowa

Emilie "Mieze" Karsunke

Franz Buchrieser

Franz Buchrieser

Meck

Ivan Desny

Ivan Desny

Pums

Brigitte Mira

Brigitte Mira

Frau Bast

Claus Holm

Claus Holm

Max

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Narrator (voice, uncredited)

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