Berlin Alexanderplatz
Seen it?2020 | 184 min | Drama, Crime
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and middling reviews (47% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans. If you loved Taxi Driver or Coffy, start here.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Unhurried and epic, at 3 hr 4 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 3 hr 4 min.
- It's in German, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
47% on Rotten Tomatoes, 43 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsWeak
1 win and 3 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$263K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 13K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Burhan Qurbani
- Welket BunguéFrancis
- Jella HaaseMieze
- Albrecht SchuchReinhold
- Joachim KrólPums
- Annabelle MandengEva
- Nils VerkooijenBerta
- Richard Fouofié DjimeliOttu
- Mira Elisa GoeresKatie
- Rufina NeumannMoni
- Lena SchmidtkeElli