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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. Cast Gunter Lamprecht Franz Hanna Schygulla Eva Barbara Sukowa Mieze Gottfried John Reinhold Helmut Griem Sarug Udo Kier Junger Mann an der Bar Ivan Desny Pums Hark Bohm Luders Elisabeth Trissenaar Lina Karin Baal Minna Franz Buchrieser Gottried Peter Kollek Nachum