Berlin Alexanderplatz

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  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
  • Crime Drama Mini-series

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1x1
The Punishment Begins
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In 1928 Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released after serving four years in Tegel prison for killing his girlfriend Ida. After settling into his old apartment he visits Minna, Ida’s sister. .. show full overview
1x2
How is One to Live if One Doesn’t Want to Die?
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Franz employs himself by hocking tie holders on the street but has trouble making enough money. He is talked into selling the fascist newspaper Völkischer Beobachter and wearing a .. show full overview
1x3
A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul
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Lina is troubled by the shady nature of the jobs Franz is getting and has him meet a family friend, Otto Lüders, who has Franz join him selling shoelaces door-to-door. In one apartment, .. show full overview
1x4
A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence
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Franz goes on an alcohol binge as a former medical orderly looks over him. He runs into Meck on the street one day. Meck had been living with Lina until she left him.
1x5
A Reaper with the Power of Our Lord
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Franz becomes re-acquainted with Eva, for whom he used to be a pimp and who feels a deep affection for him. At Max’s, Meck introduces Franz to Pums, the ringleader of an illegal .. show full overview
1x6
Love Has Its Price
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Reinhold is desperate to get rid of his current woman, Trude, but Franz won’t take her and wants to stick with Cilly. Franz gets sucked into Pums’s gang when he is drafted for a job as a .. show full overview
1x7
Remember—An Oath can be Amputated
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Franz has survived the car accident, but his right arm has been amputated. He recuperates for a time with Eva and Eva’s lover Herbert. Herbert agitates against Pums’s syndicate, so the .. show full overview
1x8
The Sun Warms the Skin, but Burns it Sometimes Too
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Franz gets involved in an illegal enterprise with Willy, whom he met at a cabaret. Eva and Herbert drop by to see Franz and bring a young woman they offer as a new lover. Franz and the .. show full overview
1x9
About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few
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Eva explain to Franz that Mieze just wants to work to support him as Franz cannot do so due to his missing arm. He reconciles with Mieze. Franz goes to Reinhold’s and tells him how he .. show full overview
1x10
Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls
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As Mieze cannot have children, Eva tells her she will have a child with Franz that Mieze can then raise. Mieze is delighted. Eva also tells Mieze she’s concerned that Franz is concerting .. show full overview
1x11
Knowledge is Power and the Early Bird Catches the Worm
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Franz goes to Reinhold and tells him he wants to get involved with Pums again. Reinhold still has his suspicions but Franz is allowed to assist the gang with a job. Mieze is upset that .. show full overview
1x12
The Serpent in the Soul of the Serpent
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Franz introduces Mieze to Meck. Reinhold blackmails Meck to set up a meeting for him with Mieze. Meck takes Mieze on a drive to Freienwalde and delivers her to Reinhold. Reinhold takes .. show full overview
1x13
The Outside and the Inside and the Secret of Fear of the Secret
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Franz tells Eva that Mieze has left him. Eva reassures him, though she is a bit concerned herself. A robbery pulled off by Pums’s gang goes wrong and Meck burns himself with a welding .. show full overview
1x14
My Dream of the Dream of Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin, An Epilogue
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In a fantasy sequence, Franz walks along a street of the dead with two angels. He finds Mieze, but she disappears from his arms. Reinhold is in prison for the crimes committed by a man .. show full overview

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