Berlin Alexanderplatz Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Berlin alexanderplatz originally broadcast in 1980 is a 14 part television film adapted and directed by rainer werner fassbinder from the alfred döblin novel of the same name and stars günter lamprecht hanna schygulla barbara sukowa elisabeth trissenaar and gottfried john.

Berlin alexanderplatz rainer werner fassbinder. Fassbinder s immersive epic follows the hulking childlike ex convict franz biberkopf günter lamprecht as he attempts to become an honest soul. Fassbinder s immersive epic follows the hulking childlike ex convict franz biberkopf günter lamprecht as he attempts to become an honest soul. The first episode of berlin alexanderplatz rainer werner fassbinder s 13 part plus epilogue 15 1 2 hour adaptation of alfred döblin s 1929 novel is called the punishment begins. In late 1920s berlin franz biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight.

Rainer werner fassbinder s controversial fifteen hour berlin alexanderplatz based on alfred döblin s great modernist novel was the crowning achievement of a prolific director who at age thirty four had already made over thirty films. Rainer werner fassbinder s controversial fifteen hour berlin alexanderplatz based on alfred döblin s great modernist novel was the crowning achievement of a prolific director who at age thirty four had already made over thirty films. The complete film is 15 hours long.