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Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 96% want to see it
    (86 ratings)

TV mini-series- Rainer Werner Fassbinder directed this 16-hour film that follows Franz Biberkopf (Gunter Lamprecht) after his release from prison in 1920s Germany. Although Biberkopf wants to remain straight, the poor economy ultimately drives him back to a life of petty crime and violence. Based on… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Reiner Werner Fassbinder, Alfred Döblin, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Genres
Drama, Television, Art House & International, Special Interest

Critic Reviews

  • , Time Out

    The work of a genuine master with nothing left to lose or hide.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    All of the usual distancing effects drop out, leaving the wrenching spectacle of one man grappling with his life in perfect candor.

  • Bill Gibron, DVD Verdict

    Rarely do films this big and this comprehensive come across as so private and personal, but Berlin Alexanderplatz frequently plays like the literary interpretation of its creator's diary entries.

  • Rob Humanick, House Next Door

    This Criterion release could have been entirely without features and it would still rank among the finest DVDs of the year.

  • Rob Humanick, House Next Door

    If greatness is determined less by perfection than by sheer forward thrust, I can think of few better examples than Berlin Alexanderplatz.

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  • Dimitris S


    Mini-series,the artifact of a mad scientist.These monumental episodes by that uptight "scream" justified Alfred Döblin's modern classic,a statuette of ambrosia delving into the hearts and minds of spacious yet preconceived characters,apparitions of a crumbling… More

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