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Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gereon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.


“A FILM IN 13 PARTS & AN EPILOGUE”
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.

Günter Lamprecht
Franz Biberkopf

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Berlin Alexanderplatz is a drama, crime series that first aired in 1980 exploring themes of berlin, germany, based on novel or book, breaking the fourth wall, period drama, ex-con, 1920s. Created by Alfred Döblin, it stars Günter Lamprecht, Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 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.
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