Berlin Alexanderplatz. BBC RADIO DRAMA

A dramatization by Simon Scardifield of Michael Hofmann's landmark translation of Alfred Döblin's modernist masterpiece - a novel that exploded into 1929 and changed urban writing forever.

Ex-convict, Franz Biberkopf, is back on the streets of Berlin determined to go straight, but Berlin has other ideas. Betrayed by a business partner, Franz gives into the siren call of the criminal underworld once more.
Episode 1 00:00

Narrator ..... Claes Bang
Franz ..... Lee Ross
Mack ..... Samuel James
Otto ..... Neil McCaul
Pretzel Woman ..... Ria Marshall
Lina ..... Jasmine Hyde
Conductor ….. Mark Edel Hunt
Eliser ..... Justice Ritchie
Minna ..... Grace Cooper Milton
Speaker ..... Chris Jack
Alice ..... Christine Kavanagh

Directed by David Hunter and Gemma Jenkins
Produced by Emma Harding and Marc Beeby

Published in 1929, with Germany on the brink of fatal change. Döblin throws everything at us, like a radio tuner going up and down the dial: weather reports, historical trivia, adverts, sporting results, this is a world where buildings come alive and beer and Schnapps conduct conversations with us. Berlin itself is as much a character as Biberkopf, it’s like a vast pinball machine through which our protagonist ricochets. We're looking down on the city through God's eyes one moment and feeling the grittiness and grime of Franz's reality the next.

Germans still consider Berlin Alexanderplatz one of their most important - and most loved - literary works. This is Germany's Ulysses playful in its form and as alluring as the modern city it both invents and immortalizes.

Episode 2 56:45
Betrayed by a business partner ex-con, Franz Biberkopf, gives into the siren call of the criminal underworld once more.

Narrator ..... Claes Bang
Franz ..... Lee Ross
Mack ..... Samuel James
Reinhold ….. David Hounslow
Pums ..... Neil McCaul
Herbert ….. Mark Edel Hunt
Eva ….. Clare Corbett
Franzi ..... Ria Marshall
Lina ..... Jasmine Hyde
Slaughterman ..... Justice Ritchie
Cilly ..... Grace Cooper Milton
Keyboard ..... Chris Jack
Alice ..... Christine Kavanagh

Episode 3 1:53:30
Bruised and battered from his run-in with the ruthless Berlin underworld, Franz is offered another shot at redemption when he comes under the protective influence of two friends from his past.

Narrator ..... Claes Bang
Franz ..... Lee Ross
Reinhold ….. David Hounslow
Eva ….. Clare Corbett
Herbert ….. Mark Edel Hunt
Pums ..... Neil McCaul
Mitzi ….. Hannah Genesius
Oskar ….. Ryan Whittle
Mack ..... Samuel James
Schnapps ..... Jasmine Hyde
Beer ….. Michael Begley
Willi ..... Justice Ritchie
The Neighbour..... Grace Cooper Milton
Keyboard ..... Chris Jack
Alice ..... Christine Kavanagh

Episode 4 2:50:16
A rivalry between Franz and fellow gang member, Reinhold, escalates to the point that Franz is at risk of losing his very humanity.

Narrator ..... Claes Bang
Franz ..... Lee Ross
Reinhold ….. David Hounslow
Eva ….. Clare Corbett
Herbert ….. Mark Edel Hunt
Pums ..... Neil McCaul
Mitzi ….. Hannah Genesius
Oskar ….. Ryan Whittle
Lawyer ..... Jasmine Hyde
Crooner ….. Michael Begley
Policeman ..... Justice Ritchie
Second Building ..... Grace Cooper Milton
Keyboard ..... Chris Jack
Alice ..... Christine Kavanagh

Produced by Emma Harding and Marc Beeby
Directed by David Hunter and Gemma Jenkins

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