

A FILM IN 13 PARTS & AN EPILOGUE
October 12, 1980
1
14
DE
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.

Günter Lamprecht
Franz Biberkopf

Hanna Schygulla
Eva

Gottfried John
Reinhold

Barbara Sukowa
Emilie "Mieze" Karsunke



Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Peter Märthesheimer
Franz Buchrieser
Meck

Ivan Desny
Pums

Brigitte Mira
Frau Bast

Claus Holm
Max

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Narrator (voice, uncredited)

Specials
10 episodes
November 13, 2007

Limited Series
14 episodes
October 12, 1980

Bavaria Film
DE

WDR
DE