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RUNTIME
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At 184 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
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Berlin Alexanderplatz
2020 3h 4m DE
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6.9
SOLID
★6.9TMDB · 93
DramaCrime
Synopsis
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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.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Welket Bungué
Francis
Jella Haase
Mieze
Albrecht Schuch
Reinhold
Joachim Król
Pums
Annabelle Mandeng
Eva
Nils Verkooijen
Berta
Richard Fouofié Djimeli
Ottu
Mira Elisa Goeres
Katie
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Burhan Qurbani
- Writers
- Martin Behnke, Burhan Qurbani
- Languages
- German, English
- Countries
- Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Canada, France
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ERA
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Released 6 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.
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WORLD
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International production across 5 countries: Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Canada, France.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Burhan Qurbani, shot by Yoshi Heimrath. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Dascha Dauenhauer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Philipp Thomas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Welket Bungué and Jella Haase and Albrecht Schuch carry the top of the cast.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Burhan Qurbani directs. Yoshi Heimrath behind the camera. Dascha Dauenhauer scores. Philipp Thomas cuts. A long sit — settle in. Produced in Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Canada, France. Dialogue in German, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1At 184 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
- 2Released 6 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.
- 4International production across 5 countries: Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Canada, France.
- 5Directed by Burhan Qurbani, shot by Yoshi Heimrath. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Original score by Dascha Dauenhauer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 7Editor Philipp Thomas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 8Welket Bungué and Jella Haase and Albrecht Schuch carry the top of the cast.
- 9IMDB entry: tt6470924 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Only 93 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 11Classified under 11 themes, including "drug dealer", "berlin, germany", "prostitute", "based on novel or book".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Yoshi Heimrath
- Original score
- Dascha Dauenhauer
- Editing
- Philipp Thomas
- Production design
- Silke Buhr
- Makeup / hair
- Marcela Barreto
- VFX supervisor
- Frank Kaminski
- Sound
- Michel Schöpping
- Runtime
- 184 min · 3h 4m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $263,274
- Original language
- DE
- Certification (US)
- 18
Awards
- European Film Award for Best Composer
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Burhan Qurbani
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Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
Lemming Film
NL
ZDF
DE
Wild At Art
NL
Sommerhaus Filmproduktion
DE
Entertainment One
CA
ARTE
FR
- TW
Two Oceans Production (TOP)
ZA
Beta Film
DE
Key crew
- ProducerLeif Alexis
- ProducerJochen Laube
- ProducerFabian Maubach
- NovelAlfred Döblin
- EditorPhilipp Thomas
- Sound DesignerMichel Schöpping
- SoundSimone Galavazi
- SoundGaby de Haan
- Production DesignSilke Buhr
- Costume DesignerAnna Wübber
- Makeup ArtistMarcela Barreto
- Assistant DirectorDavid Houfek
- CastingSuse Marquardt
- CastingAlexandra Koknat
- Visual Effects SupervisorFrank Kaminski
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- drug dealer
- berlin, germany
- prostitute
- based on novel or book
- refugee
- illegal immigration
- remake
- unreliable narrator
- touching
- intense
- tragic
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)2020-06-2518
