Berlin Alexanderplatz

2020 [GERMAN]

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 67% · 19 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67%
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 4265 4.3K

drug dealer berlin, germany prostitute based on novel or book refugee illegal immigration

Plot summary

In 2015, thirty year old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat that illegally crossed the Mediterranean, is drawn into Berlin's seedy underbelly.

Director

Burhan Qurbani Photo
Burhan Qurbani

Top cast

Joachim Król Photo
Joachim Król as Pums
Albrecht Schuch Photo
Albrecht Schuch as Reinhold
Ceci Chuh Photo
Ceci Chuh as Kelly
Jella Haase Photo
Jella Haase as Mieze
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.65 GB
1280*534
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
3 hr 3 min
Seeds 4
3.38 GB
1920*800
German 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
3 hr 3 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dakjets 7 / 10

In search of a good life in Berlin

Migration. Refugees. Asylum seekers. Familiar terms. Eventually also a number of films about the lives of these people who choose to flee in the hope of finding a better life.This ambitious, long German film is thus an important contribution in shedding light on the lives of some of these people. A film with a message, which in turn can give us viewers new insight.However, I must write that this film turned out to be completely different from what I had thought beforehand. It starts with an escape. In the first part, it shows the incredible vulnerability many of these people experience. Not a passport. Not rights. Vulnerable to being exploited, which this main character also experiences to a great extent.Later in the film, a shift occurs. The main character survives by getting involved in criminal activities and with some scary criminals who have major consequences for him. The film then turns into a kind of crime/action film.This movie is good. It could have been somewhat shorter, but is still worth watching. Welket Bungué as the protagonist Francis plays convincingly. German shooting star Albrecht Schuch is uncannily good as the psychopathic and brutal Reinhold. The film is peppered with many exciting personalities, also with skilled actors who give convincing life to these characters.A minus from me at the end: there is a narrator's voice that we can regularly hear in the film to describe Francis' thoughts and actions. Totally unnecessary. The film is so clear and insightful, that we could have let go of this Minnie Mouse voice that keeps popping up.
Reviewed by tufanelif 7 / 10

Expected more

Berlin Alexanderplatz is beautifully directed and it doesn't make you feel distracted from the story considering its 3 hour length. On the other hand this film doesn't necessarily offer anything new or surprising to the viewer so I'd suggest keeping the expectations not so high.
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