Rainer Fassbinder Berlin Alexanderplatz

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.

Rainer fassbinder berlin alexanderplatz. U ntil its self described two hour epilogue rainer werner fassbinder s adaptation of alfred döblin s 1929 novel berlin alexanderplatz is an engrossing psychological portrait of franz biberkopf günter lamprecht a weimar era worker bee whose slow corrosion of self both parallels and paves the way for the impending rise of nazism. Bɛɐ ˈliːn ʔalɛˈksandɐˌplats originally broadcast in 1980 is a 14 part west german 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. 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. In late 1920s berlin franz biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight.

With günter lamprecht claus holm hanna schygulla franz buchrieser. Fassbinder s immersive epic follows the hulking childlike ex convict franz biberkopf günter lamprecht as he attempts to become an honest soul. 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.