Berlin Alexanderplatz

Name: Berlin Alexanderplatz
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1980-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.5

About Berlin Alexanderplatz

In late 1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city’s criminal underworld.

Berlin Alexanderplatz is a crime series made for Das Erste. Günter Lamprecht appears as Franz Biberkopf, Gottfried John as Reinhold, Hanna Schygulla as Eva, and Barbara Sukowa as Emilie "Mieze" Karsunke.

Its one season of 14 episodes aired between October 1980 and December 1980. It is adapted from a novel.

Members will find 1920s, breaking the fourth wall, ex-con, and historical epic in it. It streams on Criterion Channel in the United States. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 51 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

Babylon Berlin, Brideshead Revisited, and Hotel Portofino make useful companions to Berlin Alexanderplatz, all filed under period drama and weimar republic.