Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)

Directed by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Genre

miniseries, drama television series, crime television series

Country

Germany

Length

1 season, 14 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man recently released from prison tries to build a life in 1920s Berlin. He becomes entangled in crime and a destructive relationship with a woman.

slow-burnbleakvisually lushmelancholicunsettlinggrittyintensecerebral

What happens

Berlin Alexanderplatz (German: [bɛʁˈliːn ʔalɛkˈsandɐˌplats]), originally broadcast in 1980, is a 14-part West German crime television miniseries, set in 1920s Berlin and adapted and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder from Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel of the same name. It stars Günter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Elisabeth Trissenaar and Gottfried John. The complete series is 15 hours (NTSC and home media releases expand the runtime by half an hour). In 1983, it was released theatrically in the United States by TeleCulture, where a theater would show two or three parts per night. It garnered a cult following there and was eventually released on VHS and broadcast on PBS and then Bravo. In 1985, it was transmitted in the United Kingdom on Channel 4. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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