Episodes (14)
Jul 21, 2002
Part 1 introduces Franz Biberkopf (Gunter Lamprecht), a man who vows to go straight after serving four years in prison for the beating death of his prostitute girlfriend.
Jul 22, 2002
In Part 2, Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) searches for work---and gets a job selling a Nazi newspaper.
Jul 23, 2002
Our hero Franz Biberkopf tries to live from selling shoelaces going from door to door. Here he accidentally runs into his old lover Eva, which makes him so overwhelmed that he runs to the nearest flower shop and says something along the lines of: "I want to buy flowers that should express that the past just keeps following you; and days go by driving you on and on to a place where there is no future." [Or as paraphrased by Laurie Anderson: "Days go by Endlessly. And they just keep going by endlessly; Endlessly pulling you Into the future."] And the florist answers: "...
Jul 24, 2002
Part 4. Retreating into solitude, Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) spends his days in a boarding house.
Jul 25, 2002
In Part 5, Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) is befriended by the leader of a gang of thieves.
Jul 26, 2002
Franz is the accomplice in a heist and ends up injured after an accident during the getaway.
Jul 27, 2002
Part 7. A recovering Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) refuses help from Bruno.
Jul 28, 2002
Part 8. Franz is dismayed to make a startling discovery about Sonia.
Jul 29, 2002
Part 9. Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) reconciles with Mieze, and talks politics with a new acquaintance.
Jul 30, 2002
Mieze reveals she can't have children to Franz, and when Eva tells her she will have a child with Franz that Mieze can then raise, the trio's dynamics shift and reveals further darkness.
Jul 31, 2002
In Part 11, Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) gets involved with a gang that steals clothes from a warehouse.
Aug 01, 2002
Part 12. Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) introduces Mieze to his cafe friends, where a chance meeting with Reinhold leads to tragic consequences.
Aug 02, 2002
The exterior and the inside and the mystery of the fear of the mystery.
Aug 03, 2002
Conclusion. Reality gives way to a dream, in which Franz (Gunter Lamprecht) is haunted by visions of those who have both loved and betrayed him.
About
Berlin Alexanderplatz Season 1 (2002) is released on Jul 21, 2002. Watch Berlin Alexanderplatz online - the German Crime TV series from West Germany. Berlin Alexanderplatz is directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and created by Alfred Döblin with Günter Lamprecht and Claus Holm.