Berlin Alexanderplatz — Season 1, Episode 1: The Punishment Begins
Drama, Crime • 82 min • 1 season, 14 episodes • ★ 7.3/10
Episode synopsis
In 1928 Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released after serving four years in Tegel prison for the murder of his girlfriend Ida. After settling into his old apartment, he visits Ida's sister Minna and rapes her. In a flashback, Franz kills Ida with a cream whip after correctly suspecting she's about to leave him. Franz encounters and drinks with old friend Meck, where he meets Lina Przybilla, a young Polish woman, who moves in with him. He receives notification from local police that he's barred from certain districts and surrounding municipalities, under threat of a fine or imprisonment. Placing himself under the supervision of a charity called Prisoners' Aid, to which he must report once a month while remaining in employment, Franz is able to stay.
About Berlin Alexanderplatz
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.
More episodes from Season 1
- E2How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die?
- E3A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul
- E4A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence
- E5A Grim Reaper with Powers from Almighty God
- E6Love Has Its Price
- E7Remember—An Oath Can Be Amputated
- E8The Sun Warms the Skin, But Burns It Sometimes Too
- E9About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few
- E10Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls
- E11Knowledge Is Power and the Early Bird Catches the Worm
- E12The Serpent in the Soul of the Serpent
- E13The Outside and the Inside and the Secret of Fear of the Secret