Berlin Alexanderplatz

E01▶

The Punishment Begins

Oct 12, 1980 · 1h 22m

E02▶

How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die?

Oct 13, 1980 · 1h 0m

E03▶

A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul

Oct 20, 1980 · 59m

E04▶

A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence

Oct 27, 1980 · 59m

E05▶

A Grim Reaper with Powers from Almighty God

Nov 3, 1980 · 1h 0m

E06▶

Love Has Its Price

Nov 10, 1980 · 59m

E07▶

Remember—An Oath Can Be Amputated

Nov 17, 1980 · 58m

E08▶

The Sun Warms the Skin, But Burns It Sometimes Too

Nov 24, 1980 · 59m

E09▶

About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few

Dec 1, 1980 · 59m

E10▶

Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls

Dec 8, 1980 · 1h 0m

E11▶

Knowledge Is Power and the Early Bird Catches the Worm

Dec 15, 1980 · 59m

E12▶

The Serpent in the Soul of the Serpent

Dec 22, 1980 · 1h 0m

E13▶

The Outside and the Inside and the Secret of Fear of the Secret

Dec 29, 1980 · 59m

E14Playing

My Dream of the Dream of Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin, An Epilogue

Dec 29, 1980 · 1h 52m

In a fantasy sequence, Franz walks along a street of the dead with two angels. He finds Mieze, but she disappears from his arms. Reinhold is in prison for the crimes committed by a man whose identity he has acquired. He is anguished that his cellmate and lover is being released. Franz is taken to an asylum. Much of the rest of the episode takes place in his imagination. Franz's being run over by the car is re-enacted with different characters taking on the roles of victim and driver. In a striking sequence, Franz and Mieze are treated like animals being slaughtered in an abattoir. On a nativity set, Franz is raised on a cross as the other characters watch. An atom bomb goes off in the background and the angels clear the dead. The surreal imagery ceases suddenly and Franz is at Reinhold's trial testifying to his good character. Reinhold is sentenced to ten years for manslaughter.