01802agm a2200349u 4500 995571500102311 20260227104058.0 vfrcuaho 841002r19841983nyu928u 0vlger d (TU)000557150UTK01 585112 (OCoLC)11218259 NOC NOC TKN ger eng TKNk PN1997 .B469 PN1997.B469 Berlin Alexanderplatz [videorecording] / Tele-Culture presents, a Vandham Productions, Ltd. ; [written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder]. New York, N.Y. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1984, c1983. 8 videocassettes (928 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Originally shown on German television in 13 parts and an epilogue. This is the original, uncut version. Subtitles in English. Based on Alfred Döblin's novel, set in pre-Nazi Berlin. Günter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Elisabeth Trissenaar. Story of Franz Biberkopf, a former transportation worker. When we first see Franz, he has just been released from prison where he has served four years for an irrational act of violence. He returns to his Berlin neighborhood resolved to go straight. At first, he is able to honor his vow of decency, but then forces outside him, his environment, the influences of his cronies, the grinding poverty, and the decay of society ... overwhelm him, and he begins his duel with Fate. Feature films. Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1946- Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957. Berlin Alexanderplatz. TeleCulture, Inc. Vandham Productions. 100 100