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Berlin Alexanderplatz, originally broadcast in 1980, is a 14-part West German television miniseries, set in 1920s Berlin and adapted and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder from the Alfred Döblin novel of the Berlin Alexanderplatz. It stars Günter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Elisabeth Trissenaar and Gottfried John. The complete series is 15½ hours long. In 1983, it was released theatrically in the United States, where a theatre would show two or three parts per night. It garnered a cult following in the US and was eventually released on VHS and broadcast on PBS and then Bravo.
Original Release
10/05/1980
US Release
08/10/1983
Cast
Name | Character |
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Günter Lamprecht | Franz Biberkopf |
Claus Holm | Wirt / Gastwirt Max |
Hanna Schygulla | Eva |
Franz Buchrieser | Gottfried Meck |
Brigitte Mira | Frau Bast / Wirtin Bast |
Roger Fritz | Herbert / Herbert Virchow |
Gottfried John | Reinhold Hoffmann |
Barbara Sukowa | Mieze |
Günther Kaufmann | Theo |
Ivan Desny | Pums / Herr Pums |
Directors
Writers
Alfred Döblin, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast
Name | Character |
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Günter Lamprecht | Franz Biberkopf |
Claus Holm | Wirt / Gastwirt Max |
Hanna Schygulla | Eva |
Franz Buchrieser | Gottfried Meck |
Brigitte Mira | Frau Bast / Wirtin Bast |
Roger Fritz | Herbert / Herbert Virchow |
Gottfried John | Reinhold Hoffmann |
Barbara Sukowa | Mieze |
Günther Kaufmann | Theo |
Ivan Desny | Pums / Herr Pums |
Volker Spengler | Bruno |
Vitus Zeplichal | Rudi |
Barbara Valentin | Ida |
Fritz Schediwy | Willy |
Lilo Pempeit | Frau Pums / Erna Pumps |
Herbert Steinmetz | Zeitungshändler in der U-Bahn |
Elisabeth Trissenaar | Lina / Lina Przyballa |
Peter Kuiper | Glatzkopf |
Annemarie Düringer | Cilly |
Jan George | Greiner / Herr Greinert |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Peter Märthesheimer | Producer |
Gunther Witte | Producer |
Günter Rohrbach | Producer |