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Berlin Alexanderplatz

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19801980
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 15h 31m
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8.4/10
4.5K
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Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
CrimeDrama
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
4.5K
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POPULARITY
6,863
397
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    • Stars
      • Günter Lamprecht
      • Claus Holm
      • Hanna Schygulla
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    • Stars
      • Günter Lamprecht
      • Claus Holm
      • Hanna Schygulla
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    • 30User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations

    Episodes14

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    1980

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    Brigitte Mira and Barbara Valentin in Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
    Günter Lamprecht in Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
    Hanna Schygulla and Barbara Sukowa in Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
    Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
    Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
    Barbara Sukowa in Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
    Matthias Fuchs and Günter Lamprecht in Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
    Ivan Desny, Günter Lamprecht, and Lilo Pempeit in Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
    Günter Lamprecht and Elisabeth Trissenaar in Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
    Günter Lamprecht and Hanna Schygulla in Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
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    Günter Lamprecht
    • Franz Biberkopf
    14 episodes14 eps • 1980
    Claus Holm
    Claus Holm
    • Wirt…
    12 episodes12 eps • 1980
    Hanna Schygulla
    Hanna Schygulla
    • Eva
    12 episodes12 eps • 1980
    Franz Buchrieser
    • Gottfried Meck
    11 episodes11 eps • 1980
    Brigitte Mira
    Brigitte Mira
    • Frau Bast…
    10 episodes10 eps • 1980
    Roger Fritz
    Roger Fritz
    • Herbert…
    9 episodes9 eps • 1980
    Gottfried John
    Gottfried John
    • Reinhold Hoffmann
    9 episodes9 eps • 1980
    Barbara Sukowa
    Barbara Sukowa
    • Mieze
    7 episodes7 eps • 1980
    Günther Kaufmann
    Günther Kaufmann
    • Theo
    7 episodes7 eps • 1980
    Ivan Desny
    Ivan Desny
    • Pums…
    7 episodes7 eps • 1980
    Volker Spengler
    Volker Spengler
    • Bruno
    7 episodes7 eps • 1980
    Vitus Zeplichal
    • Rudi
    7 episodes7 eps • 1980
    Barbara Valentin
    Barbara Valentin
    • Ida
    6 episodes6 eps • 1980
    Fritz Schediwy
    • Willy
    5 episodes5 eps • 1980
    Lilo Pempeit
    • Frau Pums…
    5 episodes5 eps • 1980
    Herbert Steinmetz
    • Zeitungshändler in der U-Bahn
    5 episodes5 eps • 1980
    Elisabeth Trissenaar
    Elisabeth Trissenaar
    • Lina…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1980
    Peter Kuiper
    Peter Kuiper
    • Glatzkopf
    4 episodes4 eps • 1980
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    • Trivia
      This was screened at the Vista cinema in Hollywood in August 1983, in its entirety (with a 2 hour break for dinner), making it the longest film ever to be commercially screened (15 hours, 21 minutes). Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984), which is only a little longer at 15 hours and 40 minutes was shown in German cinemas and at the London Film Festival, but not in a single screening, instead being split across a weekend with a night in between the first and second parts.
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    THE most monumental film of all time
    Berlin Alexanderplatz is by far the most ambitious film of all time. It has a very unusual feel to it as it slips between the real world and the mental state of Franz Biberkopf (particularly when he relives again and again the crime which landed him in prison). Of special interest to film addicts who have not seen the movie is the final 90 minutes which evidently was Fassbinder's own filmed fantasy of the entire plot, done with a background picture of Hieronymus Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights." A fabulous richly-detailed film, but some may not be able to get past the politics.
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    • Release date
      • August 10, 1983 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • West Germany
      • Italy
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Berlín Alexanderplatz
    • Filming locations
      • Bavaria Studios, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Bavaria Film
      • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
      • RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
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      15 hours 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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