Franz Biberkopf is an unforgettable man: good-natured, soft, tender, but also hard, violent and brutal. Released from prison following a four-year sentence for the manslaughter of his girlfriend, he plans to make a new start and a decent life for himself. But a chaotic, decadent Berlin of the 20’s is not the easiest place for an ex-con to go straight and work is hard to come by. When Franz becomes fascinated by Reinhold, a psychotic small-time crook, he is soon drawn back into a world he cannot escape.
Special features:
– Limited edition deluxe box set (2000 copies only)
– ‘Fassbinder: Love Without Demands’ – The acclaimed 2015 feature length documentary by Christian Braad Thomsen
– An appreciation by writer and critic Tony Rayns
– Berlin Alexanderplatz – A Visual Essay by Daniel Bird
– ‘A Mega Movie and it’s Story’ documentary by Juliane Lorenz
– ‘The Restoration’ documentary including ‘before and after’
– The Original Recaps
– Berlinale 2007 trailer
– 60 page perfect bound booklet featuring new essay by Cahiers Du Cinema’s Stephane du Mesnildot and archive material by Wim Wenders, Thomas Elsasser and Christian Braad Thomsen
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