Berlin Alexanderplatz

Team and Cast

Beta CinemaandEntertainment One Germanypresent aSommerhaus Filmproduktionin co-production withZDFin cooperation withARTELemming Filmin cooperation withWild at ArtwithWelket BunguéJella HaaseAlbrecht SchuchJoachim KrólAnnabelle MandengRichard Fouofié DjimeliNils VerkooijenMedienboard Berlin BrandenburgMFG Filmförderung Baden-WürttembergFilm- und Medienstiftung NRWThe Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the MediaFilmförderungsanstaltGerman Federal Film Fund (DFFF)Netherlands Film FundNetherlands Film Production IncentiveEurimages – Council of EuropeDirector of PhotographyYoshi HeimrathEdited byPhilipp ThomasProduction DesignSilke BuhrCostume DesignAnna WübberHair & Make-upMarcela BarretoCastingSuse MarquardtAlexandra KoknatProduction SoundSimone GalavaziSound Design & MixingMichel SchöppingOriginal ScoreDascha DauenhauerVFX SupervisorFrank KaminskiProduction ServiceKonstantinos KapsalosLine ProducersSophie CoccoMichael JungfleischCommissioning EditorsBurkhard AlthoffOlaf GrunertCo-ProducersLeontine PetitErik GlijnisLeif AlexisJochen LaubeFabian MaubachWritten byMartin BehnkeBurhan QurbaniDirected byBurhan Qurbani

Synopsis

This is the story of Francis (Welket Bungué), who comes to Berlin and tries as best he can to lead the life of a decent person there. But his living conditions as a stateless refugee don’t make things easy. He meets the shady Reinhold (Albrecht Schuch) and falls in love with Mieze (Jella Haase). The lives of these three characters intertwine and lead them to a shared bleak destiny. Three times Francis will fail – and three times he will pick himself up, starting over and over again until he finally breaks down and is reborn as a new man.