Miniseries | Episode 3: A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Book adaptation/Drama, Germany 1980

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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, Franz encounters a woman whose deceased husband he closely resembles. He has sex with the widow and later tells Otto. Otto goes to the widow’s flat and attempts to seduce her, but she rejects him. Otto extorts money and steals from her in response. When Franz goes back to the widow, happily expecting another tryst, she angrily rejects him. Distraught, Franz runs away to live at a boarding-house while Meck and Lina search for him.
60 min
SD
FSK 12
Audio language:
German

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Template:

Alfred Döblin (Novel)

Composer:

Peer Raben

Cast:

Günter Lamprecht (Franz Biberkopf)

Elisabeth Trissenaar (Lina)

Franz Buchrieser (Gottfried Meck)

Claus Holm (Landlord)

Brigitte Mira (Mrs. Bast)

Hans-Michael Rehberg (Detective)

Hanna Schygulla (Eva)

Original title:

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Original language:

German

Format:

16:9 SD, Color

Age rating:

FSK 12

Audio language:

German