Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) 7 x DVD9 Criterion Collection

After spending four years in prison for killing his girlfriend, Franz Biberkopf is finally being released back into society. Sadly, the lumbering man-child is not ready to return. Shocked by what he sees, he immediately finds himself lost. Luckily, some old cohorts take him under their wing. Soon he has met a new gal named Lina, and they live together as Biberkopf looks for work. After failing at selling tie clips, he is taken in by the rising National Socialists and, before long, is hawking Nazi propaganda on the streets. His Communist friends are none too happy about this development. After meeting up with local crime boss Puns and his associate Reinhold, Biberkopf begins an on-again, off-again association with the thugs. They want him to help with a job. The botched robbery costs our hero much more than he bargained for. Between taking ex-girlfriends off Reinhold's hands and trying to commit to the sweet and naive new love in his life, Mieze, Biberkopf feels entwined by corrupting forces. He wanted to stay honest once he left jail, but it's tough in the Alexanderplatz section of Berlin. The post-war society is crumbling, and it appears that nothing will bring it back. Biberkopf and everyone around him are doomed.

7 x DVD9 | NTSC 4:3 | 940 Minutes | 51.5 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Deutsch | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Gunter Lamprecht, Karlheinz Braun, Hanna Schygulla, Claus Holm, Franz Buchrieser, Brigitte Mira, Gottfried John, Barbara Sukowa
Country: West Germany, Italy
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