"It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man." What kind of world do we live in where being decent is an impossibility? That's the question this ...
Natürlich weiß keiner, wie Alfred Döblins Roman Berlin Alexanderplatz aussähe, wenn er im Jahr 2020 spielen würde. Vermutlich gäbe es mehr Smartphones und weniger Zeitungen, "Tram" statt "Elektrische" ...
Both kept to the story’s original setting, focusing on a recently released convict caught in the swirl of the criminal underground and the groundswell of Nazism and Hitler’s ascent to power. Director ...
Burhan Qurbani talks with Roy Grundmann, Professor of Film at Boston University about his new interpretation of Alfred Döblin’s classic novel. Qurbani’s award-winning adaption (Silver Bear at last ...
Zwei Kandidaten für den besten Film des Jahres, zwei Nominierte in der Kategorie „Beste Darstellerin“: Das ist keine ganz schlechte Bilanz für das deutsche Kino beim diesjährigen Europäischen ...
Francis has fled from Guinea-Bissau and managed to enter Germany illegally. In Berlin, he meets the dodgy Reinhold, who recruits refugees for drug dealing. Despite promising himself to be good, ...
Döblins Klassiker „Berlin Alexanderplatz“ in völlig neuer Interpretation: Francis erwacht am Strand, als einziger Überlebender eines Flüchtlingsboots. Der Roman steht in vielen Bücherregalen, ob ...
Burhan Qurbani’s film reinterprets a classic German novel into the story of a 21st-century immigrant from Guinea-Bissau surviving under the thumb of a brutal drug dealer. By Nicolas Rapold When you ...