Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931 film)
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Berlin Alexanderplatz is a 1931 German language
film adapted from the novel by Alfred Döblin
, who also co-wrote the screenplay, and directed by Phil Jutzi
. The film stars Heinrich George
as a small-time criminal recently released from prison who finds himself being drawn in to the Berlin underworld of the nineteen twenties after his prostitute lover is murdered.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
film adapted from the novel by Alfred Döblin
Alfred Döblin
Alfred Döblin was a German expressionist novelist, best known for the novel Berlin Alexanderplatz .- 1878–1918:...
, who also co-wrote the screenplay, and directed by Phil Jutzi
Phil Jutzi
Phil Jutzi was a German cameraman and movie director.Born Philipp Jutzi in Altleiningen as the son of a tailor, Jutzi was self-educated...
. The film stars Heinrich George
Heinrich George
Heinrich George , born Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz, was a German stage and film actor.He had one of his first roles in the Fritz Lang directed film Metropolis and the first film version of Berlin Alexanderplatz...
as a small-time criminal recently released from prison who finds himself being drawn in to the Berlin underworld of the nineteen twenties after his prostitute lover is murdered.
Cast
- Heinrich GeorgeHeinrich GeorgeHeinrich George , born Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz, was a German stage and film actor.He had one of his first roles in the Fritz Lang directed film Metropolis and the first film version of Berlin Alexanderplatz...
- Maria BardMaria BardMaria Bard was a German stage actress, who made a handful of films in the silent era for Rimax, her first husband Wilhelm Graaff's company. By 1930, her marriage with Graaff was over, and she appeared with Werner Krauss in the stage production Der Kaiser von Amerika or The King of America and the...
- Margarete Schlegel
- Bernhard MinettiBernhard MinettiBernhard Minetti was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1931 and 1996 but is mostly known for his distinguished stage career.-Selected filmography:* Tiefland * It...
- Gerhard Bienert
- Albert Florath