Top billed cast

1. 

   Claus Holm

   Max

2. 

   Franz Buchrieser

   Meck

3. 

   Brigitte Mira

   Frau Bast

4. 

   Gottfried John

   Reinhold

5. 

   Barbara Sukowa

   Emilie "Mieze" Karsunke

6. 

   Ivan Desny

   Pums

7. 

   Günter Lamprecht

   Franz Biberkopf

8. 

   Hanna Schygulla

   Eva

9. 

   Rainer Werner Fassbinder

   Narrator (voice, uncredited)

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Season 1

1980 | 14 Episodes

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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Status
Ended

Original Language
German

Original Name
Berlin Alexanderplatz

Keywords

• berlin, germany
• based on novel or book
• breaking the fourth wall
• period drama
• ex-con
• 1920s
• class struggle
• interwar period
• historical epic
• weimar republic
• nonlinear narrative