Berlin Alexanderplatz

The Punishment Begins

Oct 12, 198082 min

In 1928 Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released after serving four years in Tegel prison for the murder of his girlfriend Ida. After settling into his old apartment, he visits Ida's sister Minna and rapes her. In a flashback, Franz kills Ida wi

How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die?

Oct 13, 198060 min

Biberkopf is self-employed, hawking necktie holders on the street, but has trouble making enough and doesn't consider himself an orator. After turning down the opportunity to sell sex ed manuals, he's talked into selling the Nazi newspaper

A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul

Oct 20, 198059 min

Troubled by the dubious nature of Franz's job, Lina introduces him to family friend Otto Lüders, who turns out to be an ex-con he knows from prison, but Franz thinks Otto is good. With him, Franz begins selling shoelaces. In the first apart

A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence

Oct 27, 198059 min

Franz goes on an alcohol binge as former medical orderly Baumann searches for him in rooms in a building opposite the one occupied by the prisoners' charity on which he depends for his liberty in Berlin. Franz wanders the streets in a delir

A Grim Reaper with Powers from Almighty God

Nov 3, 198060 min

Franz, after several fleeting encounters, has finally become reacquainted with his former pimp Eva, who feels a deep affection for him, and has paid the rent for his old rooms in his absence. Meck introduces Franz to Pums, the ringleader of

Love Has Its Price

Nov 10, 198059 min

Franz explains to Reinhold that he wants Cilly to stay with him. Franz gets sucked into Pums's gang when he is drafted for a job as a last-minute replacement for Bruno, who is beaten in the street. Franz serves as lookout as Pums, Reinhold,