Berlin Alexanderplatz — Season 1, Episode 10: Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls

Episode synopsis

As Mieze cannot conceive, Eva tells her she'll have a child with Franz that Mieze can then raise. Mieze is delighted, to the point that Eva asks if she is a lesbian. Eva also tells Mieze she's concerned that Franz is getting into trouble with 'rogue' Willy, when he should be attending to those who took his arm. Franz listens as Willy espouses Nietzschean ideas while Max pleads with a Marxist to keep politics out of the bar. Franz drunkenly wanders the streets at night repeating snippets of the conversation before declaring he has no use for politics. Franz takes a taxi to the Tegel prison, where he falls asleep on a park bench before being accosted by a police officer and, now very drunk, making his way back home.

About Berlin Alexanderplatz

In late 1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city’s criminal underworld.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Punishment Begins
• E2How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die?
• E3A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul
• E4A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence
• E5A Grim Reaper with Powers from Almighty God
• E6Love Has Its Price
• E7Remember—An Oath Can Be Amputated
• E8The Sun Warms the Skin, But Burns It Sometimes Too
• E9About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few
• E11Knowledge Is Power and the Early Bird Catches the Worm
• E12The Serpent in the Soul of the Serpent
• E13The Outside and the Inside and the Secret of Fear of the Secret