BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ

By Burhan QURBANI

FEATURETTE - as BUYER REP

Drama - Completed 2020

The timely adaptation of the bestselling novel.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2020
Competition
Busan IFF 2020
World Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • GERMANY
    • Languages
    • GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 183 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Burhan QURBANI
    • Writer(s)
    • Martin BEHNKE, Burhan QURBANI
    • Producer(s)
    • Leif ALEXIS (Sommerhaus Filmproduktion), Jochen LAUBE (Sommerhaus Filmproduktion), Fabian MAUBACH (Sommerhaus Filmproduktion)
    • Synopsis
    • As Francis gets washed up on the shores of Southern Europe, he swears an oath to God: From now on he wants to be a new, a better, a decent man. Soon after Francis finds himself in Berlin, where he realizes how hard it is to be righteous when you are an illegal refugee in Germany – without papers, without nation and without a work permit. When he receives an enticing offer from the charismatic German, Reinhold, to earn easy money, Francis initially resists the temptation, maintains his oath and stays away from Reinhold’s shady dealings. But eventually he is sucked into Berlin’s underworld and his life spirals out of control.