TV series

Berlin Alexanderplatz

1980 · 1 season

A slow, heavy immersion into a man's struggle and a city's decay, demanding patience but rewarding with raw emotional depth.

Tagline: A FILM IN 13 PARTS & AN EPILOGUE
Overview: In late 1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city’s criminal underworld.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Redemption, guilt, survival, betrayal
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: redemption
guilt
survival
betrayal
isolation
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong