



Second Sight: Berlin Alexanderplatz New Street Date and Official Blu-ray Art Posted September 22, 2017 06:52 PM by



British label Second Sight has confirmed that the new street date fir its upcoming Blu-ray release of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's saga Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) will be December 4. The label has also provided the official cover art for the upcoming box set.



Supplemental features to be included on this upcoming release have not yet been finalized.



Synopsis: TV drama series directed by renowned German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, adapted from an Alfred Döblin novel. The series was basically a 15 hour narrative by one man - Franz Bierkopf. Bierkopf is a compelling character - good natured, soft, tender and equally hard, violent and brutal when required. Fresh out of prison in 1920s Germany after a four stretch for doing away with his girlfriend, he's working at making a new start and going straight. He meets Reinhold, a magnetic yet dangerous and halfwitted low-rent burglar and falls under his spell. Very soon any hope Bierkopf had of going straight, goes straight out of the window. Starring Volker Spengler, Hanna Schygulla, Brigitte Mira, Roger Fritz, and Gottfried John.









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Subtitle Sep 22, 2017 I wish Criterion would release this on blu. That would be a worthwhile upgrade.

cousineerie Sep 22, 2017 When it first played on German TV viewers were shocked at how poor it looked. Criterion did a good job with the DVD of course but it was still pretty murky. I'm sure they are looking at what can be done and the work involved and how Fassbinder sells. We'll see. PQ aside, it's very powerful.

Network23 Sep 23, 2017 i haven seen it since it played at my local arthouse in the 80's they ran 2 epsodes at a time over a 10 day period i recall and i went to every episode

Gacivory Sep 23, 2017 I like that artwork! I need to get around to watching the Criterion disc thats been watching me from the shelf.

ikms Sep 24, 2017 I have it in HD from a broadcast a couple of years ago, and it looks pretty good (25fps standards conversion though, 60i is blended). Probably the same master as the Japanese BDs.

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