Berlin Alexanderplatz - Season 1 Episode 1 The Punishment Begins
In 1928 Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released after serving four years in Tegel prison for killing his girlfriend Ida. After settling into his old apartment he visits Minna, Ida’s sister. Minna succumbs to his forceful advances. In a flashback we see Franz kill Ida with a cream whip after suspecting she was going to leave him. Franz later runs into his old friend Meck and has a drink with him in Max’s bar, a local place. There he meets a young Polish woman named Lina who moves in with him.
Year: 1980
Country: Germany
Studio: Das Erste
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Günter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Gottfried John, Ivan Desny, Barbara Valentin
Crew: Thomas Schühly (Assistant Director), Anni Nöbauer (Makeup & Hair), Peer Raben (Original Music Composer), Juliane Lorenz (Editor), Peter Märthesheimer (Producer), Gunther Witte (Producer)
First Air Date: Oct 12, 1980
Last Air date: Dec 29, 1980
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 14 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 7.44/10 by 42.00 users
Popularity: 2.9722
Language: German
Keyword : based on novel or book
Episode
The Punishment Begins
How is One to Live if One Doesn’t Want to Die?
A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul
A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence
A Grim Reaper with powers from Almighty God
Love Has Its Price
Remember—An Oath can be Amputated
The Sun Warms the Skin, but Burns it Sometimes Too
About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few
Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls
Knowledge is Power and the Early Bird Catches the Worm
The Serpent in the Soul of the Serpent
The Outside and the Inside and the Secret of Fear of the Secret
My Dream of the Dream of Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin, An Epilogue
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