Berlin Alexanderplatz : einen Film in 13 Teilen und einem Epilog / Bavaria Film, Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation präsentieren ; eine Co-Produktion der Bavaria Atelier GMBH mit dem italienischen Fernsehen RAI ; im Auftrag des WDR ; Produzent, Peter Märthesheimer ; ein Film von Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Edition:
Four-Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
4 videodiscs (902 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (47 pages ; 17 cm).
Container of (work): Berlin Alexanderplatz (Television program) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94067573 Container of (expression): Berlin Alexanderplatz (Television program). German.
Notes:
Title from screen. Günter Lamprecht (Franz Biberkopf), Hanna Schygulla (Eva), Karlheinz Braun (Löwenhund), Claus Holm (Wirt), Franz Buchrieser (Gottfried Meck), Brigitte Mira (Frau Bast), Roger Fritz (Herbert), Gottfried John (Reinhold Hoffmann), Barbara Sukowa (Mieze), Günther Kaufman (Theo), Ivan Desny (Pums), Volker Spengler (Bruno), Vitus Zeplichal (Rudi), Barbara Valentin (Ida). Originally broadcast as a mini-series on German television from October 12 through December 29, 1980. Based on novel by Alfred Döblin. Aspect ratio, 1.37:1. High definition digital restoration by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation and Bavaria Media, supervised and approved by director of photography Xaver Schwarzenberger. Special features: Two documentaries by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation president Juliane Lorenz; Hans-Dieter Hartl's 1980 documentary Notes on the making of "Berlin Alexanderplatz"; Phil Jutzi's 1931 feature film of Alfred Döblin's novel, from a screenplay written by Döblin;interview with Peter Jelavich, author of Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, film, and the death of Weimar culture. Booklet includes: chapter titles [for film]; cast and credits; "He who lives in a human skin" by Tom Tykwer; "The cities of humanity and the human soul: some unorganized thoughts on Alfred Döblin's novel Berlin Alexanderplatz" by Rainer Werner Fassbinder; "You've no right to exist, you shall not be: on Alfred Döblin and his novel Berlin Alexanderplatz" by Thomas Steinfeld; "Black and white in color: a conversation with director of photography Xaver Schwarzenberger; About the transfer."
Contents:
(62 min.) I. A reaper with the power of our Lord The punishment begins (86 min.) -- II. Wie soll man leben, wenn man nicht sterben will = How is one to live if one doesn't want to die? (62 min.) -- III. Ein Hammer auf den Kopf kann die Seele verletzen = A hammer blow to the head can injure the soul (62 min.) -- IV. Eine handvoll menschen in der tiefe der stille = A handful of people in the depths of silence (62 min.) -- V. Ein schnitter mit der gewalt vom lieben Gott = A reaper with the power of our Lord (62 min.) (62 min.). VI Loneliness tears cracks of madness even in walls Love has its price (62 min.) -- VII Merke--einen schwur kann man amputieren = Remember--an oath can be amputated (62 min.) -- VIII Die sonne wärmt die haut, die sie manchmal verbrennt = The sun warms the skin, but burns it sometimes too (62 min.) -- IX. Von den ewigkeiten zwischen den vielen und den wenigen = About the eternities between the many and the few (62 min.) -- X. Einsamkeit reißt auch in mauern risse des irrsinns = Loneliness tears cracks of madness even in walls (62 min.). (117 min.). XI. Fassbinder, Berlin Alexanderplatz, 14-my dream of the dream of the Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin: An Epilog Knowledge is power and the early bird catches the worm (62 min.) -- XII. Die Schlange in der Seele der Schlange = The serpent in the soul of the serpent (62 min.) -- XIII. Das äußere und das innere und das geheimnis der angst vor dem geheimnis = The outside and the inside and the secret of fear of the secret (62 min.) -- Fassbinder, Berlin Alexanderplatz, 14-Mein Traum vom Traum des Franz Biberkopf von Alfred Döblin: Ein Epilog = Fassbinder, Berlin Alexanderplatz, 14-my dream of the dream of the Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin: An Epilog (117 min.). (2007) (24 min.). Südefilm A.-G. zeigt ; [director, Phil Jutzi; screenplay by Alfred Döblin] (2007) (65 min.) -- Peter Jelavich interview Notes on the making of Berlin Alexanderplatz / Bavaria Film International, eine produktion des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; von Hans-Dieter Hartl ; sprecher, Rainer Buck (1979) (44 min.) -- Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz remastered: Beobachtungen bei der restauration = Notes on the restoration / von Juliane Lorenz (2006) (32 min.) -- Berlin Alexanderplatz: Die geschichte Franz Biberkopf = Berlin Alexanderplatz: the story of Franz Biberkopf / Südefilm A.-G. zeigt ; [director, Phil Jutzi; screenplay by Alfred Döblin] (1931) (84 min.) -- Peter Jelavich interview (2007) (24 min.).
Summary:
After spending four years in prison for killing his girlfriend, lumbering man-child Franz Biberkopf is finally released back into society. He wants to stay honest now he has left jail, but it is tough in the Alexanderplatz section of Berlin. After failing to succeed in several 'regular' jobs, he falls in with some old cohorts and an on-again, off-again association with thugs. Post-war society is crumbling, and it appears that nothing will bring it back. Originally made for television, Berlin Alexanderplatz is a prototype for the modern long-form drama, grandfather to Tony and the Sopranos.
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