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Movie Info

An African immigrant struggles to make a new life for himself in the big city in director-co-writer Burhan Qurbani's (We Are Young. We Are Strong.) audacious, neon-lit reinterpretation of Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel. After surviving his perilous journey, Francis vows to be a good man, but he soon realizes how difficult it is to be righteous while undocumented in Germany -- without papers, without a nationality, and without a work permit. When he receives an enticing offer for easy money from the psychopathic gangster Reinhold (Albrecht Schuch), Francis initially resists temptation, but eventually he is sucked into Berlin's underworld and his life spirals out of control.
  • Genre:
    drama
  • Original Language:
    Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Director:
    Burhan Qurbani
  • Producer:
    Leif Alexis, Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach
  • Writer:
    Martin Behnke
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Production Co:
    Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Arte, Nederlands Filmfonds, Wild at Art, Lemming Film, Eurimages, Sommerhaus Filmproduktionen , Entertainment One, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Deutscher Filmförderfonds
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

Albrecht Schuch
Reinhold
Jella Haase
Mieze
Joachim Król
Pums
Welket Bungué
Francis
Nils Verkooijen
Berta
Annabelle Mandeng
Eva
Richard Fouofié Djimeli
Ottu
Mira Elisa Goeres
Katie
Rufina Neumann
Moni
Burhan Qurbani
Director
Martin Behnke
Screenwriter
Leif Alexis
Producer
Jochen Laube
Producer
Fabian Maubach
Producer
Yoshi Heimrath
Cinematographer
Philipp Thomas
Film Editor
Dascha Dauenhauer
Original Music
Yvonne Von Krockow
Set Decoration
Anna Wübber
Costume Designer
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Critic Reviews for Berlin Alexanderplatz

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  • [Qurbani]'s "Berlin Alexanderplatz" is a nice place to visit but you might not want to live there for three hours.

    April 30, 2021 | Full Review…

    Nicolas Rapold

    New York Times

  • A heavy-handed re-imagining.

    February 29, 2020 | Full Review…

    Deborah Young

    Hollywood Reporter

  • The episodic, sometimes almost soap-operatic nature of Qurbani's storytelling sacrifices a great deal of thematic depth for a great deal of eventing instead.

    February 26, 2020 | Full Review…

    Jessica Kiang

    Variety

  • There is much to admire about Qurbani's ambitious reimagining of Berlin Alexanderplatz, but despite some strong performances and visual flair, I'm not entirely convinced Franz Biberkopf should have ever left the Weimar Republic.

    May 1, 2021 | Full Review…

    Lee Jutton

    Film Inquiry

  • It's almost as if the movie has adopted Francis' mantra; it keeps promising to be good before collapsing into formless decadence, losing itself and possibly an audience along with it.

    May 1, 2021 | Full Review…

    Robert Denerstein

    Denerstein Unleashed

  • Exhausting and exhilarating, these desperate characters re-birthed from the Weimar Republic novel and Europe's colonies won't stop dreaming, and can't be forgotten.

    April 30, 2021 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

    Nora Lee Mandel

    Maven's Nest
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