Berlin Alexanderplatz
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.
Cast:Günter Lamprecht , Claus Holm , Hanna Schygulla , Franz Buchrieser , Brigitte Mira , Roger Fritz , Gottfried John , Barbara Sukowa , Günther Kaufmann , Ivan Desny , Volker Spengler , Vitus Zeplichal , Barbara Valentin , Fritz Schediwy , Lilo Pempeit , Herbert Steinmetz , Elisabeth Trissenaar , Peter Kuiper
S1.E1 ∙ Die Strafe beginnt
Part 1 introduces Franz Biberkopf (Gunter Lamprecht), a man who vows to go straight after serving four years in prison for the beating death of his prostitute girlfriend.
S1.E2 ∙ Wie soll man leben, wenn man nicht sterben will
In Part 2, Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) searches for work---and gets a job selling a Nazi newspaper.
S1.E3 ∙ Ein Hammer auf den Kopf kann die Seele verletzen
Our hero Franz Biberkopf tries to live from selling shoelaces going from door to door. Here he accidentally runs into his old lover Eva, which makes him so overwhelmed that he runs to the nearest flower shop and says something along the lines of: "I want to buy flowers that should express that the past just keeps following you; and days go by driving you on and on to a place where there is no future." [Or as paraphrased by Laurie Anderson: "Days go by Endlessly. And they just keep going by endlessly; Endlessly pulling you Into the future."] And the florist answers: "White Lillies" - the flower of death. And instead, Frantz buys red roses - and walks to another woman he has met along the route.
S1.E4 ∙ Eine Handvoll Menschen in der Tiefe der Stille
Part 4. Retreating into solitude, Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) spends his days in a boarding house.
S1.E5 ∙ Ein Schnitter mit der Gewalt vom lieben Gott
In Part 5, Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) is befriended by the leader of a gang of thieves.
S1.E6 ∙ Eine Liebe, das kostet immer viel
Franz is the accomplice in a heist and ends up injured after an accident during the getaway.
S1.E7 ∙ Merke - Einen Schwur kann man amputieren
Part 7. A recovering Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) refuses help from Bruno.
S1.E8 ∙ Die Sonne wärmt die Haut, die sie manchmal verbrennt
Part 8. Franz is dismayed to make a startling discovery about Sonia.
S1.E9 ∙ Von den Ewigkeiten zwischen den Vielen und den Wenigen
Part 9. Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) reconciles with Mieze, and talks politics with a new acquaintance.
S1.E10 ∙ Einsamkeit reißt auch in Mauern Risse des Irrsinns
Mieze reveals she can't have children to Franz, and when Eva tells her she will have a child with Franz that Mieze can then raise, the trio's dynamics shift and reveals further darkness.
S1.E11 ∙ Wissen ist Macht und Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund
In Part 11, Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) gets involved with a gang that steals clothes from a warehouse.
S1.E12 ∙ Die Schlange in der Seele der Schlange
Part 12. Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) introduces Mieze to his cafe friends, where a chance meeting with Reinhold leads to tragic consequences.
S1.E13 ∙ Das Äußere und das Innere und das Geheimnis der Angst vor dem Geheimnis
The exterior and the inside and the mystery of the fear of the mystery.
S1.E14 ∙ Fassbinder, Berlin Alexanderplatz, 14 - Mein Traum vom Traum des Franz Biberkopf von Alfred Döblin: Ein Epilog
Conclusion. Reality gives way to a dream, in which Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) is haunted by visions of those who have both loved and betrayed him.
