Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980  N/R, 930 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Gunter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Gottfried John, Helmut Griem, Udo Kier, Ivan Desny, Hark Bohm, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Karin Baal, Franz Buchrieser, Peter Kollek
World War I Berlin is the backdrop of Alfred Doblin's 1929 novel. Presented as 14 individual episodes, the story follows the life of an ex-convict who tries to live an honorable existence but finds problems at every turn in the Berlin environment during the rise of Nazism.
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Dark Eyes of London 1961  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Dead Eyes of London
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Dieter Borsche, Klaus Kinski, Ady Berber, Eddi Arent, Wolfgang Lukschy, Anneli Sauli, Bobby Todd, Franz Schafheitlin
In this remake of crime writer Edgar Wallace's suspense story, Scotland Yard Inspector Larry Holt (Joachim Fuchsberger) investigates the murders of recently insured men, whose deaths appear to be linked to a gang of blind men led by an evil monster. This time around, Klaus Kinski takes on the Bela Lugosi role as the satanic leader.
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The Tunnel 2001  N/R, 157 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Roland Suso Richter
Cast: Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Sebastian Koch, Claudia Michelsen, Felix Eitner, Mehmet Kurtulus, Heinrich Schmieder, Uwe Kockisch, Karin Baal
After the wall goes up in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin, East German swim champion Harry Melchior (Heino Ferch) makes use of a forged passport and escapes to the West. However, his sister, Lotte Lohmann (Alexandra Maria Lara), remains in East Berlin, and Harry is determined to get her out. His solution: dig a simple tunnel under the wall. But, the project grows to an enormous tunnel to accommodate many others who want to escape the East German regime. Based on a true story.
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| 1. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
2. Dark Eyes of London (1961)
aka: The Dead Eyes of London
3. The Tunnel (2001)
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