Berlin Alexanderplatz
“A FILM IN 13 PARTS & AN EPILOGUE”
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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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.
1.The Punishment Begins
4.012-10-198082mIn 1928 Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released after serving four years in Tegel prison for the murder of his girlfriend Ida. After settling into his old apartment, he visits Ida's si...
2.How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die?
13-10-198060mBiberkopf 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...
3.A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul
20-10-198059mTroubled by the dubious nature of Franz's job, Lina introduces him to family friend Otto Lüders, who turns out to be an ex-con he knows from prison, but Franz thinks Otto is good....
4.A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence
27-10-198059mFranz goes on an alcohol binge as former medical orderly Baumann searches for him in rooms in a building opposite the one occupied by the prisoners' charity on which he depends for...
5.A Grim Reaper with Powers from Almighty God
03-11-198060mFranz, after several fleeting encounters, has finally become reacquainted with his former pimp Eva, who feels a deep affection for him, and has paid the rent for his old rooms in h...
6.Love Has Its Price
10-11-198059mFranz explains to Reinhold that he wants Cilly to stay with him. Franz gets sucked into Pums's gang when he is drafted for a job as a last-minute replacement for Bruno, who is beat...
7.Remember—An Oath Can Be Amputated
17-11-198058mFranz has survived, but his right arm has been amputated. He recuperates for a time with Eva and Eva's lover Herbert, who agitates against Pums's syndicate, so the boss decides to...
8.The Sun Warms the Skin, But Burns It Sometimes Too
24-11-198059mFranz becomes involved in an illegal enterprise with Willy, whom he met at a cabaret. Eva and Herbert drop by to see Franz and bring a young woman, Emilie Karsunke, whom they offer...
9.About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few
01-12-198059mEva explains to Franz that Mieze just wants to work to support him as Franz cannot due to his missing arm. After reconciling with Mieze, Franz attends a communist rally, during whi...
10.Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls
08-12-198060mAs 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...
11.Knowledge Is Power and the Early Bird Catches the Worm
15-12-198059mFranz tells Reinhold he wants to get involved with Pums again. Reinhold still has his suspicions but Franz is allowed to assist the gang with a job. Mieze is upset that Franz is ea...
12.The Serpent in the Soul of the Serpent
22-12-198060mFranz introduces Mieze to Meck. Reinhold blackmails Meck to set up a meeting for him with Mieze. Meck takes Mieze on a drive to Bad Freienwalde and delivers her to Reinhold. Reinho...
13.The Outside and the Inside and the Secret of Fear of the Secret
29-12-198059mFranz tells Eva that Mieze has left him. Eva reassures him, though she is a bit concerned herself. A robbery pulled off by Pums' gang goes wrong and Franz takes Meck to his apartme...
14.My Dream of the Dream of Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin, An Epilogue
29-12-1980112mIn 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...
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