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Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf is a Allemand film of genre Drama with Heinrich George
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf (1931)
Berlin-Alexanderplatz - Die Geschichte Franz Biberkopfs
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Add to a movie listBerlin Alexanderplatz: die Geschichte Franz Biberkopfs (Berlin Alexanderplatz: the story of Franz Biberkopfs) is a 1931 German language film adapted from the novel by Alfred Döblin, who also co-wrote the screenplay, and directed by Phil Jutzi. The film stars Heinrich George as a blue collar Berliner and small-time criminal recently released from prison who finds himself being drawn into the Berlin underworld of the nineteen twenties after his prostitute lover is murdered.
"Yet, despite social upheaval, .......... the good among the working class still prove able to live an honest and decent life."
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Berlin. À sa sortie de prison, le camelot Franz Biberkopf veut reprendre le droit chemin, mais est embarqué dans une affaire de cambriolage. En résistant, il est jeté d'une voiture. Amputé d'un bras à la suite de cet accident, il change alors d'orientation et décide de collaborer avec Reinhold, mauvais garçon notoire, responsable de ses misères. Franz devient un grand voleur perverti par l'argent. Pourtant, deux femmes proches de lui, Miese, petite chanteuse des rues, et Cilly, son ex-petite amie, s'unissent pour lui faire changer de vie. Hélas, jaloux, Reinhold tue Miese. Alors qu'il cherche à venger la mort de la jeune fille, Franz est arrêté. Acquitté, il redevient camelot sur l'Alexanderplatz.Actors
Heinrich George
(Franz Biberkopf)
Bernhard Theodor Henry Minetti
(Reinhold)
Gerhard Bienert
(Klempner-Karl)
Albert Florath
(Pums)
Paul Westermeier
(Henschke)
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