| Berlin Alexanderplatz | |
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| Based on | Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin |
| Screenplay by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Directed by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
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| Narrated by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Music by | Peer Raben |
| Country of origin | West Germany |
| Original language | German |
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| Cinematography | Xaver Schwarzenberger |
| Editor | Juliane Lorenz |
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| Budget | DM$13 million (USD$7.1 million) |
| Original release | |
| Release | 12 October – 29 December 1980 |
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Berlin Alexanderplatz (German: [bɛʁˈliːn ʔalɛkˈsandɐˌplats]), originally broadcast in 1980, is a 14-part West German crime television miniseries, set in 1920s Berlin and adapted and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder from Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel of the same name. It stars Günter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Elisabeth Trissenaar and Gottfried John. The complete series is 15 hours (NTSC and home media releases expand the runtime by half an hour).
In 1983, it was released theatrically in the United States by TeleCulture, where a theater would show two or three parts per night. It garnered a cult following there and was eventually released on VHS and broadcast on PBS and then Bravo. In 1985, it was transmitted in the United Kingdom on Channel 4.