| Description |
7 videodiscs (940 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 411
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| Summary |
Ex-convict Franz Biberkopf attempts to keep on the straight and narrow amidst the underworld of Weimar-era Berlin |
| Notes |
Based on the novel by Alfred Döblin |
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Features: new high-definition digital transfer from the 2006 restoration by the Fassbinder Foundation and Bavaria Media, two new documentaries by Fassbinder Foundation president Juliane Lorenz (one featuring interviews with the cast and crew, the other on the restoration), documentary "Notes on the making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz'" (1980) by Hans-Dieter Hartl, film "Berlin Alexanderplatz" (1931) directed by Phil Jutzi and screenplay by Alfred Doblin, new video interview with Peter Jelavich (author of "Berlin Alexanderplatz: radio, film, and the death of Weimar culture"), new and improved English subtitle translation, booklet featuring an essay by filmmaker Tom Tykwer, reflections from Fassbinder, an interview with Schwarzenberger, and German author Thomas Steinfeld on the novel |
| Cast |
Günter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Franz Buchrieser, Gottfried John |
| Event |
Originally broadcast on German television in 1980 |
| Notes |
MPAA rating: Not rated |
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DVDs, Dolby digital mono |
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For private home use only |
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In German with optional English subtitles |
| Subject |
Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957 -- Film adaptations
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Ex-convicts -- Drama
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Criminals -- Drama
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Murder -- Drama
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933 -- Drama
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| Genre/Form |
Motion pictures, German
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Foreign films
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Television mini-series.
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Made-for-TV movies.
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Television adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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| Author |
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982
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Lamprecht, Günter, 1930-
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Schygulla, Hanna, 1943-
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Buchrieser, Franz, 1937-
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Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957
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| ISBN |
1934121983 |
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9781934121986 |
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