Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931 film)
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| Directed by | Phil Jutzi |
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| Edited by | Geza Pollatschik |
| Music by | Allan Gray |
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| Distributed by | Süd-Film |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Berlin-Alexanderplatz or The Story of Franz Biberkopf (German: Die Geschichte Franz Biberkopfs) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Phil Jutzi and starring Heinrich George, Maria Bard and Margarete Schlegel. It was adapted from the novel of the same title by Alfred Döblin, who also co-wrote the screenplay.[1]
Plot
George portrays a blue collar Berliner and small-time criminal recently released from prison who finds himself being drawn into the Berlin underworld of the 1920s 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."[2]
Production
It was filmed on various locations around Berlin including the Alexanderplatz. Jutzi cut out much of the novel's complex story, preferring to focus on just one character.[3]
Cast
- Heinrich George as Franz Biberkopf
- Maria Bard as Cilly
- Margarete Schlegel as Sonja / Mieze
- Bernhard Minetti as Reinhold
- Gerhard Bienert as Klempner-Karl
- Albert Florath as Pums
- Paul Westermeier as Henschke
- Jakob Tiedtke as Guest at Henschke
- Hans Deppe as Guest at Henschke
- Käthe Haack as Schwester Paula
- Julius Falkenstein as Dieb
- Jakob Tiedtke as Gast bei Henschke
- Siegfried Berisch
- Karel Stepanek
- Ernst Behmer
- Paul Rehkopf
- Anna Müller-Lincke
- Heinrich Schroth
- Heinrich Gretler
- Willi Schur
- Walter Werner
- Karl Harbacher
- Franz Weber
- Paul Kemp
References
- ^ John C. Tibbetts, and James M. Welsh, eds. The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Film (2nd ed. 2005) pp 12–14.
- ^ Phillips, Carson. "Berlin Alexanderplatz: the story of Franz Biberkopf" (PDF). holocaustcentre.com. Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ Reimer & Reimer p. 167
Bibliography
- Murray, Bruce Arthur (1990). Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-72465-5.
- Reimer, Robert C.; Reimer, Carol J. (2010). The A to Z of German Cinema. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7611-8.
Further reading
- Slugan, Mario (2017). Montage as Perceptual Experience: Berlin Alexanderplatz from Döblin to Fassbinder. Rochester, NY: Camden House. ISBN 978-1-64014-005-9.
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