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Berlin Alexanderplatz (DVD)

Gunter Lamprecht (actor), Hanna Schygulla (actor) and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (director)
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Review

New York Times, 08/10/1983, p.C18, "...Huge, magnificent melodrama....It survives, triumphantly."

New York Times, 12/25/1983, p.II:15, Included in The New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1983"

Total Film, 12/01/2007, p.154, 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] staggering 15-and-a-half-hour masterpiece....As Fassbinder's mesmerising allegory unfolds, Biberkopf becomes a symbol for the rise of the Nazi nightmare...."

Empire, 11/01/2007, p.200, 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] major landmark in modern German cinema....It's compelling stuff, Fassbinder imbuing the action with a psychological depth that renders it almost Dickensian."

Release Note

DVD Features:

7-Disc Set
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 1.0 - German
Subtitles - English
Additional Release Material:
Documentary - Hans Dieter Hartl's The Making of BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ
Interviews - Peter Jelavich - Author; Cast & Crew
Short Films - Phil Jutzi's Film of Alfred Doblin's novel (1931)

Product Notes

With its running time of over 15 hours, this miniseries from German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder seems daunting, but it's a rewarding viewing experience for fans of both New German Cinema and films in general. Just a year after the release of one of his most acclaimed films, THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN, Fassbinder created this epic work based on the novel by Alfred Döblin. At the heart of BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ lies Franz Biberkopf (Günter Lamprecht, who also starred in THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN), a man who tries to overcome his criminal past. But both Weimar Germany and his own character threaten to stifle his efforts to change as he begins to slowly go mad. With Fassbinder's death the year after BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ aired, this makes for a sobering look at one of the master's final efforts.

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5 out of 5 stars long and Rewarding, February 8, 2008
By Criterion Collector
Fassbinders masterwork is a miniseries made for german television. It may be 15 hours but its 15 hours you wont forget.

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